211657 Pte. Hans Major Embleton British Army 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry from:37 Victoria Street, Sacriston My grandad, Hans Major Embleton, served in the First World War with the Durham Light Infantry. He was a miner when he signed up on the 25th June 1913, he became a member of the 8th Battalion territorial force and used to do training at weekends and worked down the mine in the week. He survived the War but was taken prisoner near the end. This left him very thin and weak but he returned to Sacriston and back in the mine. He got married in 1920 and my mother was born in 1921 in Sacriston. My grandad came to stay with us through the 1960s and he told me stories of the war mainly in the prison camp living on water and potato peelings if you were lucky. He was awarded the Territorial Force War Medal and I am very proud of him.
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