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Acting Corporal John Edward Adams

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27th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (Tyneside Irish) Regimental no. 41008. Previously 9th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, Regimental no. 12517. Early life: John was born near Castleford in the summer of 1889 and his birth was registered in the third quarter of the year at Pontefract. His parents were George Adams and Maria Adams … Read more

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Private Charles Robertshaw

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Lees, Cross Roads and Bocking war memorial Private. 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, Service no. 28872. Early life: Charles was born on July 25 in 1879. His parents were John and Mary Ann Robertshaw. He was baptised on August 31 in the same year at St Michael and All Angels Parish Church. They were living … Read more

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