226823 Bertie "Nugget" Kirkum British Army 13th Btn. London Regiment Granddad, Bertie Kirkum, did not speak about the war, apart from one story about when he was wounded. He showed us the scars on his arm where a bullet had entered one arm, came out the other side and lodged in his other arm. I have often wondered how this happened, but can only assume that it was on the Somme and with the German machine gunners firing across the line of advance rather than directly straight at the oncoming troops. Therefore with his rifle in hand, left on the barrel and right on the trigger, he was hit. He never did tell us anything else, understandably.
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