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BLACK HORSE
"BLACKIE"
AGED 35 YEARS
A BATTERY 275th BRIGADE R.F.A. 55th DIVISION
FRANCE AND FLANDERS 1915 - 1918
AT THE LIVERPOOL HORSES' REST
1930 - 1942

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