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John Wilson Armstrong

Lance Corporal

Service No. S/13658

Age 23

Died on 18 August 1916

Gordon Highlanders

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Somme, France

Son of Wilson and Mabel Emma Armstrong, of 33, Northumberland Terrace, Backworth, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

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Andrea Brown

I wish I had known you and had a chance to thank you for everything you gave to us who survive you.

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Henry Harrison

John, O valiant heart, who to your glory came through dust and ashes …. your memory hallowed in the land you loved.

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adrian walton

british and dominion troops fought as one in third ypres, as fitting a place as any for them all

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adrian walton

british and dominion troops fought as one in third ypres, as fitting a place as any for them all

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adrian walton

british and dominion troops fought as one in third ypres, as fitting a place as any for them all

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adrian walton

british and dominion troops fought as one in third ypres, as fitting a place as any for them all

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adrian walton

british and dominion troops fought as one in third ypres, as fitting a place as any for them all

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adrian walton

british and dominion troops fought as one in third ypres, as fitting a place as any for them all

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adrian walton

british and dominion troops fought as one in third ypres, as fitting a place as any for them all

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adrian walton

british and dominion troops fought as one in third ypres, as fitting a place as any for them all

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adrian walton

british and dominion troops fought as one in third ypres, as fitting a place as any for them all

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

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