David Greenhill, WWI
1916
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David joined up at the age of 14, in 1914, only to be sent home a few months later. He joined up again in 1916, and was sent to Germany in the aftermath of the war. He was billeted with a musician’s family in Solingen, and came home inspired to begin his musical career.
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