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Originally Posted by hollydog
As discussed on here in "general topics - merchant seaman", an Amble lad William Neil Young, my great grandfather's brother ended up in East Transvaal, South Africa, as a trooper in the 2nd Imperial Light Horse. After all that accidental immersion in the river Blyth did for him in 1918!
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Ah yes I remember that thread. We also discovered one of the Dands served in the 2nd Boer War hence 'Pretoria' Cottage at Radcliffe.
We should keep a list. Think it would be short for that conflict?