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James H


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My Great-uncle Arthur was taken prisoner near St. Quentin. I know he was only one of millions whose lives were affected by the Great War, and many had far worse experiences than he did, but I could never quite understand how such a kindly old man had seen such terrible things at such a young age and gone on to lead a normal life.

Now that the veterans are nearly all gone, I thought I'd record his experiences as he told them, and the Western Front Association were kind enough to publish them on their site.

If you wish, you can read the story here:

http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/thegreatwar/articles/individuals/williams-arthur.htm

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James, thank you for this touching story from your family past.   Arthur sounds like a dear old fellow we should all have liked to meet.


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Kaiser


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Thank you for sharing this. It was a very interesting read.

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Lafettenheini


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James,

now i know more about Your Great-Uncle as about my grandsire.
The only memorables i've from him are some old War-pics ,some of his tools from the
thirty's and the "Wehrpass -( troops-passport? )-a complete documentation of his
armystations from 1914 to 1945 . He lies in a soldiers-grave at Zagreb.
I am often remembered at him by looking at this never ending wars .......

Best regards
Gerd

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