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224535Pte Henry Thomas
British Army
from:Wroxeter
I know very little about my Great Uncle Henry. From what I can tell, this young man from a farming family in the idyllic Shropshire countryside near Wroxeter, enlisted at the start of the war and was sent over to France to fight for the freedom of his country. He was killed in Ypres and has his name inscribed on a wall at the memorial there, I presume his body was either never found or could not be recovered from the where it fell. Just another name on a very long list.I recently took my father to Wroxeter church, Shropshire, where we found a dusty memorial plaque to the men of the village who did not return and there he was Henry Thomas. It's funny this was a man we never knew and had never even heard of until recently and seeing his name stirred up such emotions. I felt incredibly proud in the knowledge that one of my ancestors had paid the ultimate sacrifice so that I may live a free and wonderful life. My father touched his name, a tear in his eye, he needed to say nothing. We return every Remembrance Day and place a poppy and pop in now and then to give the plaque a good clean.
So that's it a very short and somewhat insignificant story of a young man from a loving hard working family in the rolling hills and beautiful countryside of Shropshire who will be remembered and never forgotten.
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