Dear Jelly: Brothers Robert and William Semple write to their...

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To really understand the personalities of our Men Behind the Glass, it is important to look at them as people. It is important to see them as people with civilian lives before the entered uniform and with established relationships with parents, wives, siblings, children and friends, not just soldiers in khaki.

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Robert Edward Watson SEMPLE

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William David SEMPLE

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Side Notes

Ridley, Dear Jelly, Family Letters from the First World War (London, 2014), p.5.
Ridley, Dear Jelly, Family Letters from the First World War (London, 2014), p.10.
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Ridley, Dear Jelly, Family Letters from the First World War (London, 2014), p.16.
Ridley, Dear Jelly, Family Letters from the First World War (London, 2014), p.19.
Ridley, Dear Jelly, Family Letters from the First World War (London, 2014), p.31.
Ridley, Dear Jelly, Family Letters from the First World War (London, 2014), p.19.
Ridley, Dear Jelly, Family Letters from the First World War (London, 2014), p.14.
Ridley, Dear Jelly, Family Letters from the First World War (London, 2014), p.18.
Ridley, Dear Jelly, Family Letters from the First World War (London, 2014), p.22.
Ridley, Dear Jelly, Family Letters from the First World War (London, 2014), p.34.
Ridley, Dear Jelly, Family Letters from the First World War (London, 2014), pp.36-37.
Ridley, Dear Jelly, Family Letters from the First World War (London, 2014), p.47.
Ridley, Dear Jelly, Family Letters from the First World War (London, 2014), p.91.
Ridley, Dear Jelly, Family Letters from the First World War (London, 2014), pp.38-39.
Ridley, Dear Jelly, Family Letters from the First World War (London, 2014), pp.42-43.
Ridley, Dear Jelly, Family Letters from the First World War (London, 2014), p.45.
Ridley, Dear Jelly, Family Letters from the First World War (London, 2014), pp.48-57.
Ridley, Dear Jelly, Family Letters from the First World War (London, 2014), p.62.
Ridley, Dear Jelly, Family Letters from the First World War (London, 2014), p.72.
Ridley, Dear Jelly, Family Letters from the First World War (London, 2014), p.84.

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Dear Jelly: Brothers Robert and William Semple write to their sisters

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Soldiers featured in this story

Robert Edward Watson SEMPLE

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William David SEMPLE

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