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16 July 1916 : Pte John S.S. Huskisson

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The Daily Mail reported that John (one of eleven men to arrive in England from Barbados) had decided to enlist having been inspired by the song, “Your King and Country Want You”.  John arrived in England on the SS Grenada on 25 June 1915. After military training, John was sent to France with the 1st Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)...