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Knowle and Dorridge Volunteers - 1918
- Thread starter ChrisM
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BernardR
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There is a thriving History Society in Knowle Chris they may be able to add some information. They attend the local library each Saturday morning. Not sure if they person I knew is still an active member.
jukebox
Engineer Brummie
It may be worth contacting The Knowle Society https://www.knowlesociety.org.uk/ which may be the group Bernie was referring to.
ChrisM
Gone but not forgotten R.I.P
Thanks very much, both, well worth a try.
One of the strange things about that image is that the one bloke whom you would expect to be armed is the one who isn't - the young Cameron Highlander. He had been released a few days earlier from hospital in Colchester, having been wounded in France in July, and precisely why he came to be photographed within that group, I have no idea. He had suffered a leg wound from shrapnel. Lucky it hadn't been anywhere more vital as otherwise I shouldn't be around to make this post.
Chris
One of the strange things about that image is that the one bloke whom you would expect to be armed is the one who isn't - the young Cameron Highlander. He had been released a few days earlier from hospital in Colchester, having been wounded in France in July, and precisely why he came to be photographed within that group, I have no idea. He had suffered a leg wound from shrapnel. Lucky it hadn't been anywhere more vital as otherwise I shouldn't be around to make this post.
Chris