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Letter to Jack in the Dardanelles 1915

Laid to Rest at St Martin’s Church, Bladon

Black velvet – eternal sleep

The end of my journey

Ready to meet my Maker

Such terrors and slaughters

Death is only an incident

Memories of the Royal Irish Hussars Bearer Party

Operation Hope Not

The death of a statesman

January 1, 1970

The locomotive ‘Winston Churchill’ makes its journey to Handborough on 30 January 1965.

copyright: John Click, National Railway Museum

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