253491 Pte. Ernest Charles Quinsee British Army 7th Btn. Norfolk Regiment (d.19th July 1917) I only found out about my Uncle, Ernest Quinsee, whilst researching my family recently and found he had died on the 19th of July 1917 and had been buried in Monchy British Cemetery in France, near to another member of the regiment Pte B Harvey 15690 who had died on the 16th.
Amongst some family documents I came across, was a bundle of beautifully written letters he had sent to his sister from the front line in France. One letter, the only uncensored one, told of a remarkable story, about when his unit had gone over the top at first light and he had become trapped in no-man's land, spending the whole day crawling back from shell hole to shell hole holding an ammo box behind his head which was repeatedly struck by German sniper fire. He was killed only a few days later. I wish I had known this brave man.
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