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|Title||Poem 'Lest we forget' by A.N. Cole| |Notes||Poem, 'Lest
we forget'. Opening lines: 'SHALL we ever forget when the boys
marched away, | To fight for their King and their home,...'|
Written by Abraham N. Cole who was the uncle of Charles W. Carr,
and whose sons Reginald and Norman died during the war. Private
1844 Reginald William Cole, 'C' Coy., 5th Bn. Gloucestershire
Regiment, killed in action 12th May 1915, aged 22. The son of
Abraham Noden Cole and Minnie Rosetta Cole, of 12, Clarence
Square, Cheltenham. Born at Skenfrith, he is buried in
Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery. Lance Corporal 10406 Norman
Frank Ewart Cole, 5th Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry,
killed in action 15th September 1916, aged 23. His is
commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Part of large collection
of photos and memorabilia relating to Charles Woodward Carr,
2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment - kept b