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644 Battery was based at Carlton Hall Farm near Yeadon, then we moved to the Adel area of Leeds. I would...
I, in fact, took to the language so well that I went on to get my degree in German and now I...
Standing on wet feet in a muddy hole, my hand holds the remains of an army biscuit which was as appetising...
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