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George F. Gelsthorpe

Private

Service No. S/12289

Age 20

Died on 1 July 1916

Gordon Highlanders

GORDON CEMETERY, MAMETZ

Somme, France

Brother of Mrs. L. Perkins, of 68, Bentinck St., Hucknall, Nottingham.

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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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George, I am not aware of the precise circumstances of your death, nor what caused it, although so many of our comrades must have been blown...

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