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Soldier-cartoonist: Private Richard Collins, 12th Battalion East Surrey

May 10, 2023 · 4 min read · Blighty A Budget Humour from Home Soldier Cartoons 12th Battalion (Bermondsey) 41st Division 122nd Brigade Easy Surrey Regiment Western Front Signaller Battle of Flers-Courcelette Pheasant Wood Dammestrasse St. Eloi Battle of Messines Ridge 1917 Military Medal Denys Wood ·
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Private Richard Collins, 12th (Bermondsey) Battalion East Surrey Regiment Service Number: 12906 (Later 12234, 1st Irish Guards) Born: 9 August 1899, Brentford, Middlesex Died: Unknown Enlisted, at the age of 19, in August 1915 with the 12th (Bermondsey) Battalion East Surrey Regiment, earning the qualification of 1st …

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Soldier-cartoonist: Lance Corporal Gilbert Tom Webster 26th Royal Fusiliers

Apr 21, 2023 · 2 min read · Royal Fusiliers 26th Royal Fusiliers 124th Brigade 41st Division Bankers Battalion Trench Journals Trench Journal Editors Blighty A Budget Humour from Home The Bankers Draft Bankers St. Eloi Soldier Cartoons Fleet Street Daily Mail Lord Northcliffe ·
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Lance Corporal Gilbert Tom Webster 26th Battalion (Bankers) Royal Fusiliers Service Number: 19799 Born: 17 July 1886, Bilston, Staffordshire Died: 21 June 1962 (aged 75) Tom Webster by Howard Coster, National Portrait Gallery, Public Domain. Better known as Tom Webster, and one of the more well-known names to …

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