In the transcript attached to this entry, Cllr. Howard Marriner relates to Age Exchange what family legacy and influence the First World War had on his predecessors; of the four men that went to War, three would survive. Contributed via Age Exchange (http://www.age-exchange.org.uk) as part of the Children of the Great War project (http://www.childrenofthegreatwar.org.uk) at a collection day at the Greenwich and Bexley Community Hospice, Kent, UK. To see all material contributed by Age Exchange, or to see more contributions from this collection day, follow the links at http://www.childrenofthegreatwar.org.uk/archive.html - For further information email: greatwar@age-exchange.org.uk

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2nd Seven Battalion Middlesex Regiment June 1915; taken by Herbert Samwell
This is the 2nd Seven Battalion Middlesex Regiment June 1915; taken by Herbert Samwell on a Gibraltar beach. They were en route to Egypt. When Herbert's brother was killed, he was sent on compassionate leave to see his parents and while he was back in the UK, the Middlesex regiment went over the top and were wiped ou;. He therefore had to return back to a different regiment and he served throughout the rest of the War until about six months before the War ended when he was captured by the Germans and went into a prisoner of war camp.
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Herbert David Samwell
reverse of Herbert's regiment's photograph (2nd Seven Middlesex)
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Howard Marriner
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