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Archie Paling

Private

Service No. 8258

Age 19

Died on 3 July 1916

Lincolnshire Regiment

GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

Somme, France

Son of William and Sarah Jane Paling, of 29, Sincil Bank, Lincoln. Born at Leicester.

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Henry Harrison

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

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In eternal gratitude for your supreme sacrifice from the Submariners Association, Lincoln Branch.

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In eternal gratitude for your supreme sacrifice from the Royal Naval Association, Lincoln Branch.

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Archie, 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,...

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