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Levi. A personal history, the final chapter

Posted on October 30, 2011 by BrownhillsBob

Last weekend, with remembrance week approaching, I featured the first part of a personal family history, written by top reader and contributor David Evans. This is an achingly personal, sad account of service in the First World War, and the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brownhills stuff, Events, Features, Local History, Local media, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff | Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills local history, David Evans, Dongola, Forgotten Front, Gommecourt, Kitchener, Levi Cooper, Local History, Loos, Malta, Maxim machine gun, River Nile, Silverdale, Staffordshire, Staffordshire regiment, Sudan, The Somme, Walsall Wood, Whittington Barracks | 1 Comment
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