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Bmbdr. James Gough MM.
British Army 2/1st Lancashire Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Thurnscoe
James Gough was my grandfather. He served with the 2/1st Lancashire Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery in WW1. He rarely spoke of the war, but he had a fine pair of boots. I remember him digging potatoes in the garden wearing them. He once told me that when he got them they had a pair of German legs in them. When asked how he won his medal, (he was awarded the Military Medal) he used to reply 'I got it for running away.' My father told me that he thought that he had rescued a heavy gun from a German advance, when his gun crew had been injured or killed, but he was not sure.

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