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  • Family History Rewritten: Unanswered Questions
  • Finding Their Way Home
  • Who Do You Think You Are?
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  • Counting the Cost
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Farm Boys and Pioneers

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Uncle Syd: The First to Fall

Posted on Oct 5, 2023Oct 4, 2025 by Farmboys & Pioneers

The first uncle to fall in the Great War

Tagged Canada, Family History, Norfolk, Sydney Crook, WW1Leave a comment

Time Will Not Dim The Glory Of Their Deeds

Posted on Jul 7, 2023Jan 30, 2024 by Farmboys & Pioneers

Say his name aloud

Tagged Family History, Mighty Eighth, Norfolk, USAAF, WW2Leave a comment

A Final Resting Place

Posted on Jun 27, 2022May 10, 2023 by Farmboys & Pioneers

History waiting to be remembered

Tagged 97 Squadron, Australia, Bomber Command, Family History, Norfolk, RAAF, RAF, WW2Leave a comment

Family History Rewritten: Unanswered Questions

Posted on Jun 23, 2022Nov 25, 2025 by Farmboys & Pioneers

A tale of two Fen Tigers at War

Tagged Cambridgeshire, Emneth, Family History, Lincolnshire, Mesopotamia, Norfolk, Suffolk, Thiepval, WW11 Comment

Finding Their Way Home

Posted on Nov 18, 2021Jul 9, 2023 by Farmboys & Pioneers

A journey home that began in 1941

Tagged Bomber Command, Family History, Lakenheath, Mildenhall, RAF, Short Stirling, WW2Leave a comment

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