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A relative of a World War One soldier has spoken of his delight at the discovery of lost love letters the soldier sent home to his wife before he was killed in the Battle of the Somme.  The letters, found in a donated sewing box at a charity shop in Fulwell, Sunderland, were addressed to a Mrs Mary Fortune from her husband George Ernest, who served in the Durham Light Infantry.  Mr Ernest was then killed on the Somme between July and November 1916, the bloodiest battle fought on the Western Front which resulted in 420,000 British casualties including 125,000 deaths. A section of one letter reads: We had a little bit of excitement here the other night when there was an aeroplane which had some engine trouble and was forced to land in a corn field which was badly damaged by the people rushing over to see the aeroplane which landed quite safely.  

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