Voices from the Front: A Personal Account of the Great War (Slide 7 of 7)

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Harry Stinton was subsequently discharged from the army due to the wound he received on 25 th September 1917. He returned to his civilian job as a Circular Saw Operator. He never married and passed away in Edmonton in 1972 aged 82. George Knight Young was killed, along with at least 6 of his comrades, on 4 th May 1916 by a shell which hit an advanced post in the trenches near Arras. He is buried at Berles-au-Bois Cemetery Extension. His father had the words “Christ in you the hope of glory” inscribed on his headstone. He was 21. Horace Charles Blake Wurr recovered from the wound he received in 1917 but was later re-admitted to hospital with colitis (inflammation of the intestine lining). He returned home on the 4 th January 1918 with other men from his Battalion which was disbanded at Putney on 29 th June 1918. Wurr married Mary Ann Christina Fitzgerald on 28 th July 1928 finally passing away in North Finchley on 19 th March 1985, aged 87. Philip Noel Wright was discharged from the army on 25 th August 1917 due to the wound he received at Thiepval. However, not content to sit out the rest of the war he enlisted in the R.A.F. in June 1918 and began training as an Observer. The war ended before he could return to the front and he discharged in February 1919. He married in 1921 and passed away in Blackpool in 1980 aged 84. Sydney Gill survived the war and returned home in January 1919 aged 53. He returned to his wife Mary, whom he had married in 1891 and their son Eric (their youngest son Daniel had died aged 14 in 1911). Eric had also fought during the First World War as a member of the R.A.F. Gill died in Surrey in March 1959 at the age of 93. Would you like to know what happened to everybody in the end?

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Harry Stinton was subsequently discharged from the army due to the wound he received on 25th September 1917. He returned to his civilian job as a Circular Saw Operator. He never married and passed away in Edmonton in 1972 aged 82.

George Knight Young was killed, along with at least 6 of his comrades, on 4th May 1916 by a shell which hit an advanced post in the trenches near Arras. He is buried at Berles-au-Bois Cemetery Extension. His father had the words “Christ in you the hope of glory” inscribed on his headstone. He was 21.

Horace Charles Blake Wurr recovered from the wound he received in 1917 but was later re-admitted to hospital with colitis (inflammation of the intestine lining). He returned home on the 4th January 1918 with other men from his Battalion which was disbanded at Putney on 29th June 1918. Wurr married Mary Ann Christina Fitzgerald on 28th July 1928 finally passing away in North Finchley on 19th March 1985, aged 87.

Philip Noel Wright was discharged from the army on 25th August 1917 due to the wound he received at Thiepval. However, not content to sit out the rest of the war he enlisted in the R.A.F. in June 1918 and began training as an Observer. The war ended before he could return to the front and he discharged in February 1919.He married in 1921 and passed away in Blackpool in 1980 aged 84.

Sydney Gill survived the war and returned home in January 1919 aged 53. He returned to his wife Mary, whom he had married in 1891 and their son Eric (their youngest son Daniel had died aged 14 in 1911). Eric had also fought during the First World War as a member of the R.A.F. Gill died in Surrey in March 1959 at the age of 93.

Would you like to know what happened to everybody in the end?