An interesting collection of ephemera relating to 2/Lt Douglas St George Pettigrew

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An interesting collection of ephemera relating to 2/Lt Douglas St George Pettigrew. Pettigrew, enlisted in the Public Schools brigade at the beginning of WWI, and was gazetted to the Sherwood Foresters in 1916. Severely wounded at Thiepval, 7th October 1916, he made a complete recovery and returned to the front...

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