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- 1 2 "Our Her-O's: Part 4 of Orient's World War I heroes". Leyton Orient FC. 11 November 2018. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- 1 2 Jumbo Reason on Lives of the First World War
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