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Chronicles of Brandon at War #64

December 1918 Cecil Crocker steps down from a steam train carriage, places a foot on the platform of Brandon railway station and feels he is…

Posted on April 15, 2020April 15, 2020By: Darren Norton
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Chronicles of Brandon at War #63

November 1918 Saturday 9th November 1918.  According to the ‘Thetford & Watton Times’, Germany has asked for an armistice and our Prime Minister, Mr Lloyd George,…

Posted on April 15, 2020By: Darren Norton
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Chronicles of Brandon at War #62

October 1918 Herbert Docking’s war experience was a thoroughly miserable one, which began when he enlisted in 1915.  He would have volunteered for the army…

Posted on April 15, 2020By: Darren Norton
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Chronicles of Brandon at War #61

September 1918 Of course, no one knew the end of war was just two months away.  The war machine still ran on like a runaway…

Posted on April 15, 2020By: Darren Norton
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Chronicles of Brandon at War #60

August 1918 Like a book being constantly written, life has many chapters containing both good times and times best forgotten.  Only when the final chapter…

Posted on April 15, 2020By: Darren Norton
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Chronicles of Brandon at War #59

July 1918 In July 1918, Brandon saw the unveiling of a ground-breaking building, one like no other before it.  However, before I take you to…

Posted on April 15, 2020By: Darren Norton
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Chronicles of Brandon at War #58

June 1918 Out in ‘No Man’s Land’ sit five motionless tanks – two British and three German.  Inside one of the British tanks sits Frank…

Posted on April 15, 2020By: Darren Norton
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Chronicles of Brandon at War #57

May 1918 In 1914, when war was declared, many lads, caught up in the patriotic fervour, volunteered to go off and fight.  Some went looking…

Posted on April 15, 2020April 15, 2020By: Darren Norton
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Chronicles of Brandon at War #56

April 1918 If it were not for horses, ploughs would not turn over the farmer’s soil, heavy timber drugs would not take wood to the…

Posted on April 15, 2020By: Darren Norton
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Chronicles of Brandon at War #55

March 1918 When William Westlake left school, he did a bit of labouring for the local blacksmith, but decided a career in the army was…

Posted on April 15, 2020By: Darren Norton

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