239268 John Coffey British Army from:St Helens My father told me my grandad John Coffey was badly disfigured the face by an exploding mustard gas shell in WW1. He was taken by train into the Lord Derby Hospital in Winwick. He then worked on the Collieries first aid and rescue team in Sutton, St Helens, and helped establish a local British Legion Club. In 1953 he won the maximum £75,000 on Littlewoods Pools but was dead within twelve months.
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