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Studio Portrait Two Soldiers 1914-1918

1916
Studio Portrait Two Soldiers 1914-1918

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The seated soldier is W Byers. The photograph was taking in Edinburgh when the soldiers were home on leave.

W Byers was a miner at the Burghlee Pit, Loanhead, during the General Strike in 1926. After the strike W Byers emigrated to Canada.

Donor number: 0002-004

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