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Pte. John Henry Hope
British Army 1st Battallion Cheshire Regiment
from:Nantwich, Cheshire,
Jack Hope was taken prisoner on 24th of August 1914 and held at the Soltau German prisoner of war camp in Hanover for four years. He had a wife, Blanche, and three children at home, one dying while he was a captive.
He returned to England after the Armistice and received the lithographed commendation letter from King George V, which is still in possession of his descendants. He became a postal carrier after the war.

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