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George Robinson Roys

Private

Service No. 201268

Age 22

Died on 21 March 1918

Lincolnshire Regiment

POZIERES MEMORIAL

Somme, France

Son of William Robinson Roys and Elizabeth Roys, of 89, Dudley Rd., Grantham.

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Henry Harrison

George, O valiant heart, who to your glory came….your memory hallowed in the land you loved.

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Carolyn Pragnell

We remember George for his bravery but also for the brutality of his death and the grief that followed.

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George, I am not aware of the precise circumstances of your death, nor what caused it, but, as a former soldier in the 1st Lincolns myself,...

Henry Harrison

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George, my uncle, was born on Christmas Day 1895. He was the eldest of five boys. He did not volunteer to join the army in 1914 and was sent...

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