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death o.f Lieutenant P c ul bori Palmer. . 'I*- .w ....
mom . sad,. as it w"~l .. richoch~ whk;h 'hit ihim..
H e was kIlled , almost exactly ..to the' )lour, ', five
week. 'after landing in Fnlnce, He dioo p~,
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pn"mt.i Frederick Alfred Rolfe, ·...oi A 9, Bill
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. " I regret to say thht 1'1'& 1Mt [OD·r platoon ollieor"
Mr, Poulton P alm r.
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Ho was h1eed hy all. especially our plll_t&m' (No,
13), of ' which he wo,s in ooIlljIl8nd , They w-ould
ha\'e followed him ' anjw:Ilere" for We knew "liiin
to be bra.ve and fearless I'Dd_ n . gentlimla.i:! ev~ry .
inch of him, Many of ,fts found ) 1' lump.., rille j.n
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