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Pte. Samuel John Robert Edwards
British Army 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
from:Walthamstow, Essex
My granddad, Sam Edwards, survived the Battle of Aubers Ridge, on 9th of May 1915, but received a serious bullet wound to the head. The result was deafness and dizzy spells for the rest of his life. Unbelievably, despite his grave but not fatal wound, on recovery he was sent back to serve again. He was a printer in the newspaper trade and his deafness was a boon when he returned to his job after the war, as he could tolerate the excessive noise of the printing presses.

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