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2nd Lt. Rowley Chaplin "Chips" Snowden
British Army 5th Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment
from:Windlesham
We have in the family a very rare and precious memento, my great grandfather Rowley Chaplin Snowden's hip flask engraved with his name and Thiepval. The flask is also engraved with the date 27th August 1916 and has a bullet hole passing clean through one side. Crucially, the bullet left no exit hole. I've been trying to find out more about Rowley's time in service as we approach the centenary of this date as we will be going to Thiepval as a family to pay our respects. Any help you are able to offer would be greatly appreciated.
