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Tag Archives: Discharge papers
Arthur Burton MM – military records now online
Just a quick note of thanks and appreciation to top local historian and decent bloke Roger ‘Ziksby’ Jones, who has taken the time to post Arthur Burton’s military records on Flickr so all concerned can inspect them. Roger obtained them … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Events, Features, Followups, Interesting photos, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged @ziksby, Ancestry.com, Arthur Burton, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Discharge papers, flickr, Local History, Military Medal, National Archives, Roger Jones, Social media, Stonnall, Walsall Wood, Wartime
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Stories from the front
David Evans has been very busy this week supplying a wealth of further material relating to the wonderful history of Arthur Burton MM. First of all, he sent a copy of Arthur’s diary entry relating to White Chateau, Ypres. My … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Burton, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, David Evans, Diary, Discharge papers, Garnet Burton, Garnet Close, Julian Ward-Davies, Local History, Military Medal, New Photos, Paschendale, Steve Hickman, Stonnall, Talbot House, Toc H, Walsall Wood, Wartime, White Chateau, Ypres
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