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- ↑ The Surrey Mirror and County Post 9 May 1919 p.2 accessed 31 may 2024
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- ↑ Ian Frederick William Beckett, The Great War, 1914-1918, p.572
- ↑ Barnett, Marcus; Broder, David (12 November 2018). "Comrades at War". Jacobin . Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ↑ The Surrey Mirror and County Post p.2 9th May 1919 accessed 31 Jan 2024
