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Honourable Discharge certificate for Vernon St.John, 1918

Honourable Discharge certificate for Vernon St.John, 1918
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The Honourable Discharge certificate for Vernon St.John 6th Viscount Bolingbroke records that he had served during the Great War in the Training Reserve and had been disabled. It is dated November 6th 1918.

Vernon had been suffering from shell shock and received treatment at the Canadian General Kitchener Hospital in Brighton.

Year:
1918
Type:
Certificate
Location:
Lydiard House
Owner:
Swindon Borough Council
Reference:
LYD 2005/107
Copyright:
Lydiard House
Last updated on:
Thursday 21st October 2021

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