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From: "Andrew Hesketh" <>
Subject: Re: [WW1] Uncle Leonard
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 23:46:44 +0100
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Sue,

Your Uncle Leonard died at Gommecourt on the extreme left flank of the 1st
day of the Somme. Iain Kerr has given you a very good precis but please
write to me off list with specific questions, I should be able to help you a
lot with this request as I have deeply reserached the 1/7th Sherwoods on
that day and the 1/5th fought alongside that battalion. As a starter though
take a look at the following:

http://www.hesketha.freeserve.co.uk/Wwi/Great%20War%20Home.htm click on the
photograph or the name to read the story of my Great Uncle of the 1/7th
Foresters who died on 1st July 1916.

http://www.multeen.freeserve.co.uk/ or Chesterfield Sherwoods on the Somme,
is an excellent and developing site by Dr. Mike Briggs. He hasn't covered
the 1/5th yet but take a look anayway.

All the best,
Andrew

I'm looking for useful stuff for a new website at
http://www.hesketha.freeserve.co.uk/HHH.index.htm. All contributions
welcomed - not just Great War.


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Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 2:15 AM
Subject: [WW1] Uncle Leonard


> I had an Uncle - Leonard Harrison, 1st/5thBn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts
and
> Derby Regt.) who died on Saturday, 1st July 1916.
>
> If anyone could give me anymore information I would really appreciate it.
>
> Sue Gill
>
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