I leave this tribute for a Great Uncle I would love to have known, my Granny's brother (the other, Relf, also killed in France, 1918).
Caroline Sargent
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Harry Acland
Private
Service No. 268379
Age 33
Died on 20 July 1918
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
MARFAUX BRITISH CEMETERY
Marne, France
Husband of Ada Acland, of 7, Lower Swift Place, Ripponden, Halifax, Yorks.
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The shadows are flown. Loving thoughts, Caroline
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Great Uncle Harry was originally interred here. The inscription: "Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away." He was moved to Marfaux, a British cemetery created by the 62nd Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) soon after.
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