247641 Pte. James William Merritt British Army 14th Btn. D Coy. Durham Light Infantry from:London My grandfather, Jim Merritt, was captured at Cambrai on the 3rd of December 1917 and he told the family that whilst lining up to have his details taken down, the clerk looked up and said "Hello Jim". It was a German butcher who had a shop in Cable Street in the East End who had gone back to Germany before the war. My grandfather lived many years longer, until 1989.
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