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Remembrance<br />
2ndLieutenant Cyril Stuart Embrey MC MID,<br />
1/6th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment<br />
12 October 1918<br />
On this day in 1918, Second Lieutenant Cyril<br />
Stuart Embrey MC MID, 1st/6th Battalion,<br />
South Staffordshire Regiment, was killed in<br />
action at Bohain Wood near Aisne in France,<br />
during the Hundred Days Offensive.<br />
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Lance Corporal Michael Taylor, Charlie<br />
Company, 40 Commando Royal Marines<br />
12 October 2010<br />
On this day in 2010 Lance Corporal Michael<br />
Taylor from Charlie Company, 40 Commando<br />
Royal Marines, was killed in Afghanistan during<br />
an exchange of fire with insurgent forces<br />
in the Sangin district of Helmand province.<br />
Read more here<br />
Lance Corporal James Hill<br />
1st Battalion Coldstream Guards<br />
08 October 2009<br />
On this day in 2009, Lance Corporal James<br />
Hill of the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards in<br />
Afghanistan was killed in an explosion near<br />
Camp Bastion.<br />
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Lieutenant William Hamo Vernon<br />
4th Battalion, <strong>The</strong> Royal Fusiliers<br />
07 October 1917<br />
On this day in 1916, Lieutenant William<br />
Hamo Vernon, 4th Battalion, <strong>The</strong> Royal<br />
Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), was<br />
reported as missing in action, presumed<br />
killed, during the Battle of Le Transloy<br />
Ridges on the Somme.<br />
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Lieutenant Ellis Edward Arthur Chetwynd<br />
Talbot GC MBE, Corps of Royal Engineers<br />
10 October 1941<br />
On this day in 1941, Lieutenant Ellis Edward<br />
Arthur Chetwynd Talbot GC MBE, Corps of<br />
Royal Engineers (attached to the R.A.F.), was<br />
reported missing, believed killed while flying<br />
over Sicily.<br />
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Lieutenant Harold Firth,<br />
6th Battalion,<br />
<strong>The</strong> Yorkshire Regiment<br />
09 October 1917<br />
on this day in 1917, Lieutenant Harold Firth,<br />
6th Battalion, <strong>The</strong> Yorkshire Regiment, was<br />
killed in action at the Battle of Poelcapelle in<br />
Flanders.<br />
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Leading Signalman Henry Charles Seymour<br />
Royal Navy<br />
06 October 1917<br />
On this day in 1917, Leading Signalman<br />
Henry Charles Seymour died at sea when<br />
the HMS Begonia went down with all hands<br />
off Casablanca.<br />
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Guardsman Jamie Janes<br />
1st Battalion <strong>The</strong> Grenadier Guards<br />
05 October 2009<br />
On this day in 2009, Guardsman Jamie<br />
Janes of 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards was<br />
mortally wounded by an IED whilst on a foot<br />
patrol near Nad e-Ali district, central<br />
Helmand province.<br />
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History remembers, as it should<br />
these men who fought and died<br />
Whilst for their families left behind<br />
a dull sorrow tinged with pride.<br />
May God keep you safe<br />
| 24 www.sandbagtimes.co.uk
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