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Emma Lewis · 09-11-2018, 08:36

My Grandma's Grandad Pte William Bury, enlisted Jan 1914 and was injured Apr 1916 in Serre before the battle of the Somme. There was an article that she found in the Accrington Observer &Times I think, but the photocopy she has is poor quality. My daughter is in Yr 2 at school and has been learning about WW1 and asking lots of questions. I thought it would be nice for her to take a copy of the newspaper article into school for show and tell. If you know where I can find a copy or how I can look for it or any further information that would be great. I think his number was 17995 and he was 38, which was a little older to enlist but my grandma reckons the cotton industry was poor and he was likely working part time.

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Emma Lewis Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2018 Posts: 1 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 0	Re: World War 1 My Grandma's Grandad Pte William Bury, enlisted Jan 1914 and was injured Apr 1916 in Serre before the battle of the Somme. There was an article that she found in the Accrington Observer &Times I think, but the photocopy she has is poor quality. My daughter is in Yr 2 at school and has been learning about WW1 and asking lots of questions. I thought it would be nice for her to take a copy of the newspaper article into school for show and tell. If you know where I can find a copy or how I can look for it or any further information that would be great. I think his number was 17995 and he was 38, which was a little older to enlist but my grandma reckons the cotton industry was poor and he was likely working part time.