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RankRifleman
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RegimentWest Yorkshire Regiment
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Rifleman G W Seed passed through Peterborough East Station on 5 July 1916. He was one of several soldiers from the 2/7th (Leeds Rifles) West Yorkshire Regiment. He wrote in the visitors’ book “Wishes Miss A.O. Webster. With thanks for attendance”.
From June 1916, the 2/7th (Leeds Rifles) Battalion was based at Somerleyton near Lowestoft, before moving on to Bedford in October 1916, and finally landing at Le Havre in January 1917. http://bit.ly/2nRjJTP
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