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Martin Middlebrook "The First Day on the Somme"
Martin Middlebrook "The First Day on the Somme"
The ten soldiers whose experience was used by Martin Middlebrook to illustrate his book "The First Day on the Somme".
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Born 1897
British Army 18580 Private Northamptonshire Regiment
British Army 18580 Lance Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment 6th Battalion
More about Charles E Matthews -
Born 1885
Died 1972
British Army 7578 Serjeant Somerset Light Infantry 1st Battalion
British Army Captain Somerset Light Infantry
British Army Major Somerset Light Infantry
More about Percy Edgar Eyres Chappell -
Born 1880
Died 1960
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Battalion
More about Reginald Bastard -
Born 1893
Died 1981
British Army 10826 Private Manchester Regiment 18th manchest Battalion
More about Patrick Joseph Kennedy -
British Army G/12188 Private Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion
More about Albert Mcmillan -
Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army 14/18278 Private 14th Royal Irish Rifles 36th Ulster Division
More about William Frederick Mcfadzean -
Born 1893
Died 1986
British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment
British Army Temporary Captain Yorkshire Regiment 10th west Battalion
More about Philip Howe