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Pte. Albert Edgar Horrocks
British Army 2nd Bt Coldstream Guards
from:Durham
My father, Albert Horrocks served in WW2 guarding Buckingham Palace. He was based in Wellington Barracks. He told me that one cold night he put his rifle inside his sentry box to warm his hands up, but was caught by his sergeant. The penalty might have been 7 days in the guard house.