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Pte. Thomas Earl
British Army 8th Btn. Border Regiment
from:Carlisle
(d.14th Jul 1916)
Thomas Earl was the boyfriend of my grandmother on my mother's side. They were both sweethearts living in Carlisle, and they were going to marry after he came back from the war (so the story goes). Of course he never did, and was killed in action on 14th July 1916. I wonder if I would be here today if those events did not happen. What a different world the place would be when you multiply all the ifs and buts of WW1. What a different place this country would be.
Thomas Earl is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.