Fields of bitter fruit: The true toll of wartime crisis and stress
24 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Anzac soldiers marching to the front in France during the First World War. Photo / Getty Images
Anzac soldiers marching to the front in France during the First World War. Photo / Getty Images
By: Christopher Pugsley
Broken or whole, can still be reticent;
They do not wear that face we are discerning
As in a mirror momentarily lent,
A glitter that might be pride, an ashy glow
That could be pity, if the shapes would show.
– Allen Curnow, Attitudes for a New Zealand Poet II
VOLUNTEERS at historic Undercliffe Cemetery have unearthed a memorial to a ‘lost Bradford Pal’ whose story shaped the Battle of the Somme. David Whithorn, president of Bus to Bradford which researches local men in the First World War, writes: “A determined effort by Andy Tyne and the Undercliffe cemetery conservation team have finally discovered the memorial to a lost Bradford Pal, 18/9 Sgt Henry Barnel Greenwood of the 18th West Yorks. (2nd Bradford Pals, son of William and Mary Ann Greenwood, husband of Hilda, of Lidget Green) who died on June 30 1916, the day before both Pals battalions were decimated at Serre on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
I-Team: Erie County Sheriff candidate was suspended twice for alleged misconduct
Gould defends record with Cheektowaga Police
The Democratic Partyâs endorsed candidate for Erie County Sheriff was suspended twice for allegations of misconduct while serving in the Cheektowaga Police Department, the 7 Eyewitness News I-Team has learned.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â The Democratic Partyâs endorsed candidate for Erie County Sheriff was suspended twice for allegations of misconduct while serving in the Cheektowaga Police Department, the 7 Eyewitness News I-Team has learned.
Brian J. Gould, the assistant Cheektowaga police chief, announced his candidacy in January for the office of Erie County Sheriff, which will soon be vacant with the retirement of Republican Timothy B. Howard.
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