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How did a Welshman with the Irish Rifles end up in a County Durham graveyard?

How did a Welshman with the Irish Rifles end up in a County Durham graveyard?

by Chris Lloyd | In Your Town, Kirk Merrington, Latest, People

Looking back from the centrally-heated 21st Century at lives lived more than 100 years ago, they appear very tough and rather cruel. Memories 155 began to tell the story of Rifleman Edward Roberts, who lies beneath the only First World War headstone in Kirk Merrington...

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