‚Officially killed‘ city soldier returned to wife over a year later’Dead‘ First World War Leicester Tommy walked in through front door to wife’s shockByAustin J Ruddy12:29, 18 AUG 2017Updated10:15, 19 AUG 2017The dreadful news that a husband, father or son had been killed during the fighting in the First World War must have caused life changing, unquenchable sadness for the deceased’s loved ones.So, imagine the overwhelming mixture of shock and happiness of a Leicester wife, when a year and a half after his reported death, her „dead“ soldier husband walked in through the front door!One hundred years ago today, the Illustrated Leicester Chronicle told the remarkable story of how a Leicester soldier had been reported killed Canada Goose Jackets, but turned out to be very much alive, following his escape from his German captors.Back in 2002, reader Bill Berry found the newspaper page, dated August 18, 1917, lining a drawer in an old sideboard from his parents‘ house.It explains the soldier whose name, unfortunately, isn’t revealed in the censored wartime newspaper had been officially reported killed some 18 months previously and his „widow“ had since drawn a pension.No particulars relating to how he was alleged to have been killed were forthcoming, but the family had no reason to doubt the official notification.Then, without warning, to their joy and surprise, the „dead“ man returned home and explained what had happened.City at War: The unveiling ceremony in 1917 was a major event. First World war memorial, Town Hall Square, Leicester.He’d been taken prisoner in France, but wasn’t sent to a prisoner of war camp, being kept instead behind German lines and employed repairing roads and other manual work.Latterly, together with other prisoners, he’d been ordered to remove identification tags from German soldiers killed on the battlefield. When the Allies attacked and took Vimy Ridge, he was engaged quite close to the front line.“Seeing crowds of German soldiers rushing to surrender, he seized the opportunity, put on a German tunic and cap and held both hands above his head and went with them.
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