Tales from the Front (19) tells the story of Edward Stanislaus Williams, a Bournemouth-born man, who fought in the Great War. A van-boy in 1911, Williams went with the First Dorsetshire battalion to France in 1914. He fell along the Messines-Ploegsteert Wood road, November 16th, 1914.
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Tales from the Front (18)
Tales from the Front (18) tells the story of George F. Payne, a Bournemouth-born man who fought in the Great War. He had served earlier as a professional soldier with the Hampshire Regiment, re-enlisting on mobilisation. Payne, 32, died in Boulogne Hospital from wounds suffered on November 4th, fighting in Ploegsteert Wood, part of the 1st Battle of Ypres.