217118 William John Chester British Army Royal Field Artillery from:West Norwood My grandfather, William John Chester, served in France in WW1 with the RFA, 33rd division. He was billeted, for a while, in the village of Allery, in the Somme department of France. Here he met a local girl, Germaine (my grandmother), and she later gave birth to a daughter (my Mother). He later wrote to Germaine to say that he wasn't in a position to marry her. He wrote from his home in Durban Road, West Norwood, London. I often wonder if I have any English relatives.
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