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Frank Snowdin

Lance Serjeant

Service No. 40861

Age 20

Died on 21 March 1918

Manchester Regiment

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Somme, France

Son of Harry and Annie Snowdin, of 87, Moorgate, Retford, Notts.

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Stephen Maskell-Dobb

A man from my family who answered the call and did not return. Won a DCM for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Thank you.

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Neil Snowdin

My granddads brother, a very brave man who won the DCM aged 18 at the Easter uprising. 2/8 Btn Sherwood Foresters. 4045 Pte. F. Snowdin

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Neil Snowdin

I believe it's where he died, 'Manchester Hill' overlooking Saint Quentin.

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Extract from
The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914-1918
THE 2/8TH BATTALION
BY Lieut.- Colonel W. C. OATES, D.S.O. Ca...

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