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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Pte. Cyril George Solomon
British Army 7th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Shipley, Yorkshire
I have photographs which show Daddy, George Soloman, coming back after injury, when King George met them, Daddy with a mug of tea and lump of bread. The king said, "Don't stand up lads." The photo is from a newspaper that his brother went and got from their offices in London. His brother never got to the war as he was accidentally shot during training and lost a leg.
One story is about how he got lost and found himself behind enemy lines. he said the Germans he met were in such bad shape that they surrendered before he could. He ended up with 20 or more and they told him which way to go to get back to his lines. His captain was going to mention him in dispatches but was killed before he had the chance. Daddy did not mind as he thought he had done very little.
Another story is how when he was in a foxhole the person in the next one reached around to pass him the jam when a piece of shrapnel hit the jar. The cry went up that Solly had been hit. He was the lucky mascot being young and small and never got hit, but it was the jar covering him in jam and he was unharmed. Other stories are not so nice.
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