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    Stanley Spencer's Great War Diary 1915-1918

    By Stanley Spencer MC and Karen Wilks

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    Stanley Spencer enlisted with the Royal Fusiliers as a private in 1915 and was commissioned in 1917 and thereafter served with the West Yorkshire Regiment until demobilised in 1919. He saw almost continuous active service from 1915 to the end of the War.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPen and Sword
    Release dateAug 21, 2008
    ISBN9781473897786
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    Stanley Spencer's Great War Diary 1915-1918
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    Stanley Spencer MC

    Stanley Spencer married after the war but, tragically, contracted TB in both his kidneys and was an invalid for the rest of his life. He died in 1943. His granddaughter who has edited this collection lives in East Sussex.

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