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Danielle Hicks

13:20, 12 FEB 2016
Updated13:28, 12 FEB 2016

Birmingham Street fighting School.1 of 6
Capt. Edwards was commissioned into the Royal Leicestershire Regiment on 1st June 1940 from the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment with whom he had served since 1919.2 of 6
Capt. Edwards, front left, and Major Turner, right.3 of 6
"German Army HQ" in a training exercise with the CO, Major AR Turner, centre.4 of 6
Bristol Street in the 1940s.5 of 6
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