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Sgt. Harry Page
British Army 104th Coy. Machine Gun Corps
Harry Page was my great grandfather and he served as a Private in the Machine Gun Corps during WW1. He signed up while he was under age and at 16 participated in the Battle of the Somme during the battle for Arrow Head Copse and Maltz Horn Farm.He was sent to the regimental depot in Camiers when it was discovered that he was underage. He signed up again when he was 18 and went to Italy with the 7th Battalion, MGC where he received a letter thanking him for his conspicuous bravery during the Battle of Vittorio Venetto (reasons unknown).
After the war he transfered to the newly formed Royal Tank Corps and served in Russia, Iraq and India. During WW2 he was in the reserve army until 1945 in Bovington, Dorset. If you ever visit the Tank Museum there you will see wooden panels with regimental colours painted on them. The Panel for the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards was painted by Harry.
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Royal scots dragoon guards panel
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