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[MaineYooper]

Mine changes in November, it's normally something to do with my grandfather's regiment from WW1. 
The DLI. (Durham Light Infantry)


He went over the top a few times, fought on the Somme and the Ypres salient including Passchendaele and Hill 60.
A Military Medal winner Gazetted in 1916 for action during the Battle of Morval.
A true hero of mine who made it back. His service medical record show he was evacuated on the hospital ship Asturius in Sept 1916  - Gun shot wound to the head. He was 41 years old.
His medal card shows he was also a pioneer in the Labour corp. We think he went back over with the pioneers once healed.
Sadly he died just before I was born.

I know this is an old post. I became fascinated by the turn of the last century, and this story of your grandfather is amazing. I cannot imagine the courage it took to go over the top a second time, after seeing what happened the first time. It is like a the D-Day invasion, over and over and over.

Thank you for sharing this with us.