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Vera Brittain and her four close friends
Vera Brittain and her four close friends
This Community connects Vera Brittain with her fiance Roland Leighton, her brother Edward and their close friends Victor Richardson and Geoffrey Thurlow. All five individuals contributed to the war effort but only Vera survived the war.
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Born 1895
Died 1917
British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
British Army Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
More about Geoffrey Robert Youngman Thurlow -
Born 1895
Died 1918
British Army Lieutenant and Captain Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
British Army Captain Sherwood Foresters Notts and Derby Regiment
British Army Captain Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 11 Battalion, Sherwood Foresters
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More about Edward Harold Brittain -
Born 1895
Died 1915
British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment 4 Battalion
British Army Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment 4 Battalion
British Army Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment 7 Battalion
More about Roland Aubrey Leighton -
Born 1895
Died 1917
British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 4th Battalion
British Army 2nd Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 9th Battalion
British Army Temp. Lieutenant Provisional Battalion 70th Battalion
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More about Victor Richardson -
Born 1893
Died 1970
Other Empire Force V.A.D. Voluntary Aid Detachment
More about Vera Mary Brittain