Two Yorkshiremen of the Great War W H STEVENS G W CRABTREE "Harry" "George"
   Two Yorkshiremen of the Great War   W H STEVENS      G W CRABTREE"Harry"               "George" 

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  • Lydia (Sunday, May 03 15 09:41 am BST)

    Well done Graham!
    Very interesting & what a credit to you for all the time dedicated to this creation.
    A great means of maintaining such important memories.

  • Julie Haigh (Friday, April 24 15 07:49 am BST)

    What a wonderful memoirs Graham.
    Your grandfathers deserve the recognition, as do all the young men who fought in the Great War.
    Well done for bringing it all together.

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Harry Stevens, born 17-07-1896, from Blacktoft, Howden, enlisted on January 13th 1915, at just under the age of 18 years 6 months and was de-mobbed April 13th 1919 in France.  He was in the Royal Field Artillery and was awarded the DCM.   More 

George Crabtree, from Huddersfield, born 30th November 1896, enlisted on October 2nd 1915, at just over the age of 18 years 10 months and was de-mobbed April 1919 at Ripon.  He was in the Royal Army Madical Corps and awarded the MM.  More.  See his 1917/18 diary entries 

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Listen to Harry in 1982, a few soundbites from a recording sent to granddaughter Anne in India
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Graham Stevens

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Harry, far left and George, far right, at the wedding of my parents Harry and Kathleen in August 1954