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Category: World War One

My Grandfather volunteered for the 8th Border Regiment in 1913, fought in France and survived to be discharged from the army in 1919, and my grandmother was a teacher who joined the VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) during the war and nursed injured soldiers. They wrote to each other throughout the war – their correspondence started in 1913, and continued until 1919. They married on Boxing Day, 1917. This is their story

We will remember them

November 11, 2018

We will remember them. We will also tell their stories – and I have a story to tell – and there can be no better day than today to start telling it. … More We will remember them

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