226845 Pte. Arthur Brazendale British Army Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Rgt. from:Warrington, Cheshire Arthur Brazendale was my grandfather. He would often tell the family how he captured some Germans. When he was on patrol, he noticed what looked like dead men in a ditch at the side of the road. He approached with his bayonet drawn and gave them a prod. They soon moved! He knew a little German and told them to put their hands on their heads. One of them was an officer and when he stood up he was holding a grenade. My grandfather told him to drop it and the German officer did. Luck was on my grandfather's side that day and for many days after. This story was reported in the Warrington Guardian paper. My grandfather died in 1989 but the story and memories he left with us will live on.
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