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Alexander Brown Johnston | Grave
ACTING BOMBARDIER 322475 A. B. JOHNSTON Name: Alexander Brown Johnston Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Garrison Artillery 261st Siege Bty. Date of Death: 17 August 1917 Age at Death: 36 years old Buried or commemorated at: BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY IV. D. 27. Belgium Awards: – Additional Info: Son of John and Janet Johnston, of Falkirk; husband […]
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SERJEANT S/18170 J. H. SPEIRS MM Name: James Hamilton Speirs MM Regiment & Unit/Ship: Cameron Highlanders 7th Bn. Date of Death: 20 August 1917 Age at Death: 31 years old Buried or commemorated at: DOCHY FARM NEW BRITISH CEMETERY VI. E. 15. Belgium Awards: – Additional Info: – Service Record: View Record A high-resolution (non-watermarked) […]
Continue readingThe Story of Wilfred Bartrop
THE STORY OF WILFRED BARTROP Wilfred Bartrop was a popular outside-forward who played in two FA Cup finals for Barnsley before joining Liverpool in the months leading up to the First World War. He would later serve on the Western Front with the British Army, before losing his life just four days before the Armistice in November […]
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