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‘Uncle Norman’: Perrett Park Keeper and veteran of ‘the Forgotten War’

We had it pretty sticky for a few days – our casualties up to Wednesday were approximately a thousand, The Gloucesters were over 600 and the other two battalions about 150 each.”    ...
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“ZULU CHIEF DIES A SOLDIER’S DEATH” – Buried at Arno’s Vale

“With military honours, a Zulu Chief who served with the South African Labour Battalion was buried at Arno’s Vale on Saturday. His name was Private Mrogoy Modlala (sic) who died at Southmead War Hospital...
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The Missing: Letters from the War, 1803-1815

A Man of War is a most miserable place,” so says 14 year-old sailor James Harding from St George, in 1810, as if we didn’t know from numerous films and TV. In the later...
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Bristol versus Napoleon

Below are lists of soldiers and sailors who: Survived and returned from the Peninsula Wars – ‘Some Came Home’ Were lost in battle, including an example of ‘friendly fire’ – ‘On Active Service’ Were...
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A Waterloo Veteran – John Hill

A headline on the Western Daily Press of 13.2.1875 reads: DEATH OF A VETERAN SOLDIER AT STAPLETON WORKHOUSE. A meeting of the Bristol Board of Guardians discussed the decease of John HILL, a Bristol...
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“We shall remember them” : Brislington and St Anne’s in the Great War 1914-1919

If you attend church on Remembrance Sunday it is quite likely you will hear the names of the local War Dead read aloud by a member of the congregation.  St Luke’s, Brislington is no...
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