238484 Pte. William Thomas Fosbrook British Army 7th Btn. Suffolk Regiment from:Kentish Town, London William Fosbrook was my maternal grandfather. He was sent to France around December 1916 having just turned 18. He was taken prisoner at Albert on 27th March 1918 and moved through various POW camps and hospitals before returning to London from Danzig (Poland) via Leith in December and marrying my grandmother in 1920. He bore the effects of frost bite and mustard gas all of his life until he died aged 72. He was a lively and mischievous grandad who loved to tell stories. I wish I'd have been old enough to ask him about his. In loving memory.
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