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21 November 1917 : Pte George Wilson
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George Wilson was born in Steeton in 1894. He worked on his father's dairy farm at Bank House, Steeton before the war. George enlisted into the West Riding Territorials in January 1915 and was sent overseas to join the 62nd Division on the Western Front in February 1917. After taking part in the Battles of Arras and the Hindenburg Line, he was...
30 November 1917 : L/Cpl William Dewhurst
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William Dewhurst was born in Helmshore, Lancashire 18 September 1885. He was the son of Thomas (a cotton mill engineer) and Ann (née Bielby). All the children become weavers, probably working part-time from school as age 12 and full-time shortly after. Thomas Dawson died in July 1906. The children lived at home until they married in their early...
4 December 1917: Pte Arthur Swain
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Arthur Swain was born in Burnley in 1897, the only son of Henry Swain and Mary Ann (née Maden). His father died in 1913. Arthur was living at 20, North Street, Burnley at the time of his enlistment (as 23399 in the East Lancashire Regiment) in early 1916. He transferred to the 13th Bn Essex regiment after arrival in France in October 1916, t...
For the Fallen - the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in many lands
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Whilst it is unimaginable for any battlefield tour not to include at least one cemetery, the sad fact is that all too often many commercial tours degenerate into simple ‘ABC tours’ (‘Another bloody cemetery’) which follow a predictable list of cemeteries and specific graves. Obviously these graves have a story attached but the range and variety...