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‘HERBERT WAS A BRILLIANT SPORTSMAN’

Remembrance Day is on the horizon, and for many of us it's a time for deep reflection. Researching the lives of relatives who fought in the world wars is a tender tribute to their memory.

James Buckman, who has been researching his family tree for seven years, has done just that for his relation Herbert Greaves Rowsell, whom he knew little of while growing up. “I learnt about the Battle

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