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Cpl. James Henry Warnes
British Army 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment
from:13 Winchester Road, Buckland, Portsmouth
My Grandfather, Jim Warnes was mobilised at the commencement of hostilities and saw action on the Western Front in Retreat from Mons, Battle of the Marne, The Aisne, La Bassee and Ypres, he also fought at Hill 60, Loos and the Somme and was wounded in May 1917 and was discharged in May 1918. He had sustained injuries to his foot from shrapnel and his leg was amputated after the war just below the knee.
He worked as a writer at the local dockyard. Because of his knowledge of dressing wounds many people came to him for advise about cuts, wounds and splinters. He was a much loved father and grandfather, he had one daughter and four sons, 13 grandchildren and died in the 1960s. He enjoyed a pint and I can remember him cocking his leg over the fence to save walking up the steps to his flat when he returned home from a local pub.
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