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Old 08-02-2011, 21:38   #15
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Re: ACCRINGTON's WAR MEMORIAL

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf View Post
But would he have volunteered in 1914?
No way he would have had to be conscripted.
Conscription started in 1916, by late 1918 they were taking them with wooden legs, and flashing his yellow badge would have put him in the front line.
I would have given him Field punishment No1
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