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I will be cycling just short of 500 miles.
Setting off from near Ypres and up to Rotterdam and then sailing to Harwich. I will then cycle through Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire etc up to Dinnington. Iam hoping to complete this in 8 days beginning on the 17th April, getting into Dinnington on Saturday 25th.
The reason I am doing it is because I went to School at Dinnington (then) High School. I just feel I want to give something back to the community. My step father still works there & my father was born there.
With the WWI commemorations continuing, I have found a local soldier who was killed in action in May 1915. Our soldier is Gunner Charles William Harris of the Royal Field Artillery who died on 4 May 1915 in the Second Battle of Ypres. He is buried at Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery.
He was born in Bolsover in 1888 and was a miner in Dinnington, living at 15 Rotherham Road
He was born in Bolsover in 1888 and was a miner in Dinnington, living at 15 Rotherham Road
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