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A 95 year old Machine Gunner veteran is introduced to the King of Belgium at the Menin Gate, Ypres


John Arthur Wilson MM (Jack) meeting the King of Belgium in 1992 at the Menin Gate, Ypres. Jack served as a machine gunner on the Western Front from April 1915 to 25th December 1917 at which point he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps where he trained as a fighter pilot only just missing a return to Northern France in the late autumn of 1918.

 

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  1. World War One Historical Assn says:
    May 15, 2012 at 12:36 am

    Reblogged this on ww1ha.

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