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Pte. Harry Nightingale
British Army 9th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Great Barr Street, Birmingham
(d.2nd September 1918 )
Harry perished in Mesopotamia. He has no known grave but he is on the Tehran Memorial.
Harry was one of ten in my family who had fought in both wars. Three fought in WW1. Another great uncle died from gas on 24th of May 1915 at Shell Shock Farm and has no known grave. My great grand father was blinded and lost for hours in no man's land.
In WW2 my grand father fought alongside 5 brothers in Rotterdam, France and Burma. One was captured Dec 44. Another was a trooper in the Western Desert in 42 and in France.