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6 July 1940: Harry Drabble, aged 6, is readmitted to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital as pain from his damaged femur becomes unbearable. But the Sheffield Blitz is coming.
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I am so thankful for newspapers

I'm glad it was written. A horrific event

I can't find anything either. Worth a try though, thank you

Thanks for looking

Heartbreaking

It's not loading for me, but I'll keep trying 🙏

Thank you SO much. An Australin researcher told me they couldn't find it

Not sure how I quote myself. Will look into it!

😭

Glad you've found some responsive ones!

Absolutely, I think quite a few people collected them, but not many survived.

Have you found any living relatives?

Yes, I'm still trying to get the hang of it!

I am so sorry for your loss. So many people gone before their time 😭

I have a Charles Allott who I think died at Grassmere Homestead, Maranoa, Queensland, where he worked as a teacher. Does anyone what his life may have been like? If he died there in 1905/1906 is it possible he was buried and there was no death certificate? I'm blowed if I can find him... #GenHour

What a wonderful module

I'm so pleased. Ridiculous isn't it, how we can feel emotional about people long gone that we have no connection to?!

I'm so glad he had the dignity of work. It's tragic how many men were severly injured in the war. I hope he wasn't hidden away or hid himself away 😭

There's something very special about photographs, isn't there. I wish I had more.

Did he spend the rest of his life there?