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a F,..onR"ukley;
of Mr.
Privat<!
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mary Cottag<l, Bonning.
of war he WllS enga.g.cd a.t T~~~~':fo!!tl~~
well· known momb~r of the' I
He is a \'erv good ,i ehot ~'
Northampton' before going" ou.t to
to tho membors of the battalion.
,&IlO\lnd pri ~e,. III a le~t8r dated 14y
m o tiher, he 6O.ys : .
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.. I have ' Spollt another ro~'r days and four, '~i
in the trenches, It rained for two da.ys , and we
were all cov~red ,up witJ, mud.
Whilet ,ill ,' the
trench", we wore .helled b.f the Germa~, .the .
d ovils driving Uti out from o ne part. of tho trenCh. 1
My mato and mY.IIOIr: were bU6Y opokigg " .ohjp •
potato<><! for pin!,or " ,and , we "puld not ~:VI' ~m
before the,V wore coo~ properly,
When . they
w<'rc read:." " :0 ran off with· them j ~ating them oil
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'A CANDLE

rClR, 'llHREE-HALFPRNm~
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G, H, v, Ih{ghq!, (l..t)' "4th &rks; , en·
1;6ted two dRY, after ' the outbreak of war, ' !/ond ~.
viously " v!l.6 employed with M~. 'Gal.e, oyole·maker,
P";yat c

o f R eading, He;" the.. 80n of MJ-. ,,'i td Mre .. li.,.gheot, '
of Grove Lodge, Sonniht. The pa,-.ohfa, 'have a.1.
r-cac4 lost a ron in the' ,loUt Gunner

w . .G; " Hl1p:~es,

R F,A, who was kille<! in action' on Augud 26th,
nine da.vs ,after p~ing to the fr:;>nt. Private
H u ~hes \VI' It..c.a: ...--

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"We were on-t on a ....orking P&}'ty yeathidaY,
w hell ~no of our oha~ wall ' hit, in the heat!, : . It.

came Jolly nenT to me. , The .bullet_,wel)t' through

of "

the hat
fellow I WlUl mlking to,',
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"A box of n\at9hee 'in ~e v'illage is',8 ~n~f,,:andl
can<llo ,l!.-d, The place ' where we" a;,e,: is 'kiloeked
"bout 8Omethi,ng , t~rl'ibJ,e, ' The h~, ', £"rme.. inid
ohuroll-es o.re i~ rllilUI, &nd tl:!ey ',,;e,~ teh.ellln-g: ,it
""a!n ,yes,terday-. "W;<i ""'1 lbi1le~' iti.'w.g'lit;V~'
It", Jolly' oowfy ' ~thOllfl'l.: -- : I !'!Jl 10' ,wIth ,
Cavorsham ohapa, I ~n, , Cannmg and -1Il!h;i, Jol!-"
hin! oll, and wo onj y ou:raelv~ &8 . mu~ ~ : aOlonb
oan out here:
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our' billet to another b .. rn, ..nd are
g~tting
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