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Soldiers and their units

Researching individual soldiers or their units in the Great War.

 

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  2. Discharge Certificate

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  17. Never stop looking...

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  18. 2 Lt A/Cpt Reginald Foster Harrison

    By AthollHighlander,
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  19. 24th October 1914

    By Mark Hone,
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  23. Cuckoo Passage Cemetery

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