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Borne

th'o

other

duty in the ,t re'nohes:
a great gtib~ to aU
popular. It w~. very

,throl'S;~ the .",hole of,'
euvo ChlipolIe. I COllSidOJ"
good war" there"
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a personal 10.8. but OC thin
a" very good officer. Rl)d hi,
... \lole Army. , ,He, is buried
Plcye r allow ' mo , tq
"you IU lyou~ · loS6. and,

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~i':i~[~~rol~t~k,, ~, senioE "chapl;"in boo th"
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~rote M'~.....Johnjon eJ[- ,
ilr~I~~:~~i;,~~rl~~'~,saia:
You nave the
Iiadled';' ~ sOldier.
hl. '~ut:v: It\> }ill . c~untry

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( ..ther .on th .. 27th of
was killed. it apf,""':f
~n comman4 ' of ~. ( A •

~~ny ~xpr~es~~'ns of.

has II\I'stained by tho
a young man of gr&&t

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received: iM'· D,().r,t. lor. coru.ute:nt

2nd K.O.s.~~\f 70, Al~y. RQ!ld,,:R~diDg, wh9
~~~~t:!~~n~~l~t~.:,..(2). Acr~l'l!G.S,ERGT~, E,.,~ORG1!SS, of the ,
who h~ ~e~ived the ,D\C.ly'I.: for, hislP&rt in the,
\wo,unlied in the.!ace, but has, made excellent progr~.
Leicester,,: ' "

in',1l: party. a

bhl~~rn~~r8

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The duty of the

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German trell.cb - and" ·· thr<)w -

bayoneter8 were fu force the
the l eft and righ ~ of -their
diggers. ,w ith .. om~ of the
fill in the trench ~hile the '

from counte.r. "tt~g.
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The enemy wer~: qu;cklr
ment amongst th e l B erkel"re
mount~. th'~ pn.mllct of, their tr~mche:8,
'&Oed .wI-lh: a heav¥ fire from
guns,:: 'Yhile sh::ap nel was ' Dur~t;m'll:

D~plte tl~e, l~eaV ~ gO.ing~the
thelr ..J:.n lljls-a')!i he deadly
were; not;. -daunted, sergea~n~ltl~',~~:,;~~~
at ' :Bower, Arrr1our' Road , ' 'I
recipients 'rof ,th a , D.C.M.
f",,'! on el!;te,wg ' tbe: Geiman
on and hll.Yjlne!.ed :two of the
gallll.nt ha.hd lost their
reach , the ,trench. The UlillCllILII"
back 'safe ly witli:
'w(J,unooo.
c om m and of the COm!"UIY
'~~~~::~!.:"B;'Cl~!.I:~;
&0 that it w oe . Ien 'to <>erll'l".,t t
comniand of , th ~

in the ' official "
, operatio4 wit,h'
n rollJl ,of fin'3 ph:tS\'IlUI!"

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