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To: Homer_J_Simpson
ALGERIA: Maj. André Gilbert Kempster (b.1916), Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, threw himself on a grenade which had rolled into his trench, he died instantly.

That item seems curious. Was there fighting in Algeria at this point?

7 posted on 08/21/2013 5:09:52 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

According to Wiki Kempster was conducting grenade training and a grenade he had thrown rolled back into the pit. He was awarded the George Cross for saving the lives of the others in the pit.


8 posted on 08/21/2013 4:26:30 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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