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Tuesday, 25 January 2011

12097 Pte Frederick James Cutts, Army Cyclist Corps

Frederick James Cutts was born in Brixton on the 27th December 1897. When I interviewed him in the early 1980s he told me that he had joined...

Saturday, 18 September 2010

10707 Pte Leonard Baker, 11th Essex Regt

Synopsis I interviewed Leonard Baker on the 13th July 1987 at Redbond Lodge in Great Dunmow, Essex. He was then 91 years old and in failing ...

Sunday, 20 June 2010

33033 Sgt John Brett, 1st Bn, Essex Regiment

Synopsis John Brett was born in Southminster, Essex on the 22nd March 1891. I met him at an old people's home in Chelmsford in 1982 and ...

Saturday, 6 March 2010

3546 Cpl Donald Banks, 4th Lincs - Pt 3

Donald Banks, back in England having been wounded in early 1915, is returning to France. The photoshows soldiers of the 48th Division on a b...

Wednesday, 27 January 2010

3546 L/Cpl Donald Banks, 4th Lincs - Pt 2

The continuing narrative of Donald Banks. Read Part 1 for the story so far. The photo above shows Donald (fourth from right, back row) and ...

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