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CSM. Leo Widdop
British Army Sherwood Foresters
from:Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Leo Widdop joined the Leeds Pals, 15th West Yorkshires in 1915/16. He then served with the Northumberland Fusiliers and the Sherwood Forester.
One day, he and his batman went out to reconnoiter a German ammunition area at the Laventie front. The batman was killed and Leo was wounded in the head. He was captured and taken to the Limburg POW camp. According to Leo, he was operated on in the camp by German medical staff, and a metal plate was inserted into his head to replace missing skull fragments. The family have letters sent from his regiment's officers saying that he was lost and presumed dead. He was returned home in 1919.

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