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The Draft - The story of 70 men drafted into the 8th Battalion Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment in October of 1916

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8th Bn KORL

The story of a replacement Draft to France 1916

The Draft This is the story of a group of seventy men who fought as Infantry in France during the First World War. Their experience is not exceptional, rather their journey echoes one that most young men had with the Infantry from 1916 onwards. They arrived together in France in early October 1916 as draft replacements, as most men after 1915 did, into a battle proven and bruised Infantry Battalion.  My great uncle was amongst them. At wars end some twenty-five months later less than a hand
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AndrewSid in 8th Bn KORL

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