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Rifleman Oswald Holt Johnson

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Rifleman. 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own). Service number B/1689. Early life: Oswald’s parents were Peter Thomas Johnson and Annie Johnson née Holt who had married in Haslingden in Rossendalle, Lancashire. They were a schoolmaster and schoolmistress. In the 1881 census Peter was aged 24 and Annie was aged 26. They were living … Read more

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Private Ernest Byram

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Private. 11th Battalion Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Service number 270240. Previously 5/6th. Royal Scots. Early life: Ernest was born in Oakworth in 1881, registered at Keighley in the first quarter of the year. His parents were William H. Byram and Mary Byram. He was just three months old in the 1881 census and living at … Read more

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