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Cp1. E. S. Swift .. AddreES lctters to G5, Bar r i n p:ton - road, Crouch EW' London,
pte. W. J"rvis. Write to his mother. at Ivy Cotta.ge, Ln,indon Common. nea.r Billericay, ESBex.
Pte.
pte Mattock. Send news of him to ~irs. Mattock. who lives at FleckneYj nr. Market Bar Jorough.
" I" M. 'l':.ylor. Ii' I •• 1\11' •• J. B. 'Iill('d!fid\ who ,lives ILt ~ road,
~lil\'HIIII)ton.
REGIMENT
1". W.
Smith.
wounded a,nd n:tis~inp' Write Mrs. Smi'dl,
Cha,rnwooJ S ton (~, Shepshed. L'estershire
MISSING.
Pte. Alec Whitlock, v'oundcd and missinrr, 'NrHf': "0 ::,.iiFg E. WllitlocJe, !l,t Tup:by, Leiccstc!shire.
Writ" to Miss Smith, his sister. at Sindlesham, Wokingham. Berkshire. Pte. D, J. Smith.
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Names qf missing qfficerJ, Leicestershire Regiment, Somme, Thiepml Memorial, 1916. Photographed in September 1966.
\larl icularly his batman, because a jar of rum which we had seen t 1)(: lal ter deposit earlier on top of the miserable shanty had neither Captain Beardsley nor Lieutenant
Warner, nor the men
Illysteriously disappeared. We had no idea as to the identity of tlw culprit, but the spectacle so amused us that for some minutes we qllite forgot the war. /\t length, at dusk on the fourth day, the survivors of the I",,('(.~;t,'rshire Brigade trooped wearily down through Mametz
in their vicinity, moved and the whole thing in retrospect was inexplicable-yet it actually occurred. Fortunately the enemy did not take advantage of the lapse, and doubt whether the incident has a place in the official histories.
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~~11 OF
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LEICESTERSHIRE
Cp1. E. S. Swift .. AddreES lctters to G5, Bar r i n p:ton - road, Crouch EW' London,
pte. W. J"rvis. Write to his mother. at Ivy Cotta.ge, Ln,indon Common. nea.r Billericay, ESBex.
Pte.
pte Mattock. Send news of him to ~irs. Mattock. who lives at FleckneYj nr. Market Bar Jorough.
" I" M. 'l':.ylor. Ii' I •• 1\11' •• J. B. 'Iill('d!fid\ who ,lives ILt ~ road,
~lil\'HIIII)ton.
REGIMENT
1". W.
Smith.
wounded a,nd n:tis~inp' Write Mrs. Smi'dl,
Cha,rnwooJ S ton (~, Shepshed. L'estershire
MISSING.
Pte. Alec Whitlock, v'oundcd and missinrr, 'NrHf': "0 ::,.iiFg E. WllitlocJe, !l,t Tup:by, Leiccstc!shire.
Writ" to Miss Smith, his sister. at Sindlesham, Wokingham. Berkshire. Pte. D, J. Smith.
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Names qf missing qfficerJ, Leicestershire Regiment, Somme, Thiepml Memorial, 1916. Photographed in September 1966.
\larl icularly his batman, because a jar of rum which we had seen t 1)(: lal ter deposit earlier on top of the miserable shanty had neither Captain Beardsley nor Lieutenant
Warner, nor the men
Illysteriously disappeared. We had no idea as to the identity of tlw culprit, but the spectacle so amused us that for some minutes we qllite forgot the war. /\t length, at dusk on the fourth day, the survivors of the I",,('(.~;t,'rshire Brigade trooped wearily down through Mametz
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