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Skegness Soldier Designs WW1 Christmas Card
AN ARTIST CHRISTMAS CARD By SAPPER A. W. PORTER, R.E.
We have just seen a splendid Christmas card designed by Sapper A. W. Porter, of the Royal Engineers, only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. M. Porter, Ida Road, Skegness.
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The card has been designed for the Scottish Division in France, to which the artist is [...]
Stealing Food from Garden of Soldier Called to War
Stop Pinching Our Potatoes!
The Early Riser
(to the Editor)
Sir, – It is grievous to find, that although we are called from home to help with the struggle to prevent an invasion upon our shores, yet there is still “the early riser” who persists in paying our gardens a visit and pinches the potatoes by scratching like [...]
Military Service with the Army in India and Iraq
World War 1 British Soldier Koyli Ernest Whitaker
Ernest was born in 1897 of Walter and Harriett Whitaker nee Pitts. He became a private in the KOYLI ’s (King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry), fighting for his country during World War 1.Whilst he was in service in India, he kept a diary; it makes quite poignant reading!
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