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Firing-Squad Duty Ends in Courageous Desertion Tale
A British World War I narrative follows Albert Lloyd a self described coward forced to join a firing squad. He deserts in fear but escapes death when a bombardment saves him and he re joins his unit as they push through enemy lines.
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Tommy
France
West
Albert Lloyd
London
Kitchener
Lloyd
Aldershot
Lloyd’s
Rouen
Aek Seoweee Aa Nan
Frevent
Fritz
Pte. H. S. Wheaton
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D Company
Division
Laddie
Old Smith