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Love poem from a First World War Soldier
- February 14, 2015
- Category - Soldier Stories
- Tags - archive, First World War, FWW, love poem, museum, Private Hall, The Black Watch, The Black Watch Castle and Museum, valentine's day, WWI
The First World War archive at The Black Watch Castle and Museum holds a notebook that belonged to Private Ed Hall of The Black Watch, who served during the First World War. The notebook contains several poems, but this is a lovely poem, presumably composed with a wife or sweetheart back home in mind. We thought this a fitting day to share it –
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