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A Life Story is a page of information about a person, and can include facts, anecdotes and images.

We feature more than 7.7 million Life Stories, of people who were involved in the war from throughout the British Empire and Commonwealth.

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Alhaji Grunshi

British Army 5655 Company Serjeant Major Gold Coast Regiment West African Field Force

British Army 5655 Regimental Sergeant-Major Gold Coast Regiment West African Frontier Force

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John Hesketh Pearson

Born 1886

Died 1966

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbyshire Regiment)

British Army Temporary Major Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbyshire Regiment) 12th (Pioneers) Battalion

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbyshire Regiment) 12th (Pioneers) Battalion

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William Hackett

Born 1873

Died 1916

British Army

British Army 136414 Sapper Royal Engineers 254 Tunnelling Company