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Leslie Pentecost – Camborne

February 26, 2021 by Susan Roberts Leave a Comment

The grave of Leslie Pentecost in Camborne churchyard. Pentecost was one of the St John Ambulance men from Dolcoath mine who signed up in 1914 to join the 25th Field Ambulance in the Royal Army Medical Corps and were led out to the Western Front by a well-known doctor in the town, William Blackwood.

 

 

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