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27 May 1918 : Pte George Leonard Collins
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George Collins was born 1 May 1884, Clapham, London. His father James died in 1900, his mother Frances Sophia Collins was from Ireland, died in 1912. In 1966, I visited for the first time, the grave of my grandfather, George Leonard Collins, in Vailly-sur-Aisne British Cemetery, France. Image: Grave of Private George Leonard Collins 204071 2nd...
23 May 1917: Sgt John Hudson
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John Hudson was born at Cononley, North Yorkshire in July, 1895, the son of Wilkinson (a dairy farmer) and Mary Hudson. At the 1901 census he was at home in Bradleys Both with his 7 other siblings, all those over 13 working as weavers. At the 1911 census John, working in a quarry, was living at home with his parents and four other siblings. At...