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Charles Dexter | Graves
PRIVATE F/15 C. DEXTER Name: Charles Dexter Regiment & Unit/Ship: Middlesex Regiment 17th Bn. Date of Death: 27 June 1917 Age at Death: 27 years old Buried or commemorated at: DERBY (NOTTINGHAM ROAD) CEMETERY 3421 (C.). United Kingdom Awards: – Additional Info: Son of George and Harriett Dexter, of 19, Augusta St., Derby. Born at […]
Continue readingJohn Speare Tosswill | Graves
CORPORAL 72726 J. S. TOSSWILL Name: John Speare Tosswill Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Engineers Northern Signal Service Training Centre Date of Death: 28 September 1915 Age at Death: – Buried or commemorated at: EASTBOURNE (OCKLYNGE) CEMETERY UA. 250. United Kingdom Awards: – Additional Info: – Service Record: View Record
Continue readingEdwin Gladstone Latheron | Graves
GUNNER 160461 E. G. LATHERON Name: Edwin Gladstone Latheron Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Field Artillery 73rd Bty. 5th Bde. Date of Death: 14 October 1917 Age at Death: – Buried or commemorated at: VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY XI. F. 2. Belgium Awards: – Additional Info: – Service Record: View Record A high-resolution (non-watermarked) digital copy […]
Continue readingThe Story of Sam Wadsworth – Post War Reject to England Hero
SAM WADSWORTH - POST-WAR REJECTION TO ENGLAND HERO There wasn’t much over an hour to go before Sam Wadsworth’s big chance of resurrecting his football career. But, as the train he had jumped aboard at Blackburn steamed on through the Pennines, he realised to his horror that he was leaving Nelson and his first game for […]
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