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Soldiers and their units

Researching individual soldiers or their units in the Great War.

 

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  4. Yorkshire Hussars

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  19. Can anyone help ID this Officer?

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  23. Pte Henry Stevens died 21/12/1917

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  24. 12 Bn DLI / 6 Bn South Lancs

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  25. Looking for Thomas James Bowyer

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