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The family of Private William Hoare is hoping to track down any of surviving relatives of Sister Gertrude Bulman to give them a copy of a letter she wrote during WWI

Five years after the First World War ended, in May 1923 the Daily Mirror reported on the inauguration of a memorial in the small village. And 100 years on locals, including kids, paid a fresh tribute

Sidney Lewis was 12 when he signed up, and fought in the horrific Battle of the Somme at 13 in 1916., but officers in the East Surrey Regiment discovered his age and he was sent home