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Rflmn. William Gerald Stratton
British Army 6th Battalion. "D"Coy. London Regiment(City of London Rifles)
from:120 St. Mary's Road, Plaistow. London E13
(d.24th July 1918)
In October 1916 Gerald Stratton was in No.8 Camp Hospital Sutton Veny, Warminster, Wiltshire. In a letter to sister he wrote - "I am getting on fine now. I still have a fat face but there is no pain." He mentioned having visited cousins in Bath and said - "I was glad to get out of the hospital as there was not much life there, and they would not let you smoke in the ward so I was four days without a smoke".