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Monday, 15 February 2016

1606 Pte Reginald Gordon Prew, 1/8th London Regiment

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I never met Reginald Prew but I did write to him in 1986 when I was attempting to contact men who'd served with the Post Office R...
Monday, 28 December 2015

55182 Pte Ernest W Springett, 1st North Staffordshire Regiment

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I never met Ernest Springett, but we corresponded in 1986 and he sent me a typed manuscript detailing his service during the First World ...
Sunday, 11 October 2015

98305 Lance-Bombardier James Page, Royal Field Artillery

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"I was born in a Ducal slum in Kennington, London on the 15th December 1895." So began the narrative of 98305 Gunner Jimmy P...
Friday, 7 August 2015

371690 Pte Harold Keyser, 8th London Regiment

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I never met Harold Keyser but I did correspond with him in 1986 when I was seeking information about my great-uncle, Jack Nixon. Jack had...
Wednesday, 13 May 2015

Remembering Thirlby Hack MM 1892-1986

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It could all have ended for Thirlby Hack on 13th May 1915 and it was a day he remembered for the rest of his long life. It was on the ...
Sunday, 3 May 2015

112171 Private Frank Gearing, RAMC - Part three

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This is the third and final part of my 1987 interview with Frank Gearing of the RAMC. Read part 1 HERE and part 2 HERE . For the rest ...
Monday, 16 March 2015

112171 Private Frank Gearing RAMC - Part two

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112171 Pte Frank Gearing, RAMC, continues his narrative.  Read part 1 here . We had cases of shell-shock but only during that period of...