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Radio Shropshire,18 Feb 2025,3 mins

Carvings from the Somme

Secret Shropshire

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Henry Middleton from Newport spent his free time in the World War 1 trenches carving. Henry even crafted a bullet that had been extracted from his leg after he was shot. His grandson David said the carvings have now become a family heirlooms that will be treasured forever. BBC Radio Shropshire’s Genevieve Tudor travelled back in time to the squalor of the Somme trenches in 1915.

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