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Fact Sheet – Loss

July 4, 2017 by Susan Roberts Leave a Comment

This soldier died at home from the effects of gas poisoning

This soldier died at home from the effects of gas poisoning

Click here to read our Fact Sheet on Loss.

Click here to hear about Percy Lidgey  – and here to read about William Gendall Jenkin. Both these young men died on the Western Front, leaving grieving families behind in Cornwall.

Filed Under: Stories Tagged With: Heart of Conflict, Percy Lidgey, William Gendall Jenkin, World War One

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