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Cpl Claude Nuttall on his wedding day to Violet Palfreyman. The young couple married in March 1918 and spent five weeks together before he was sent to rejoin the frontlines in France. (Colin Reid via SWNS)
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Cpl Claude Nuttall. (Colin Reid via SWNS)
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Cpl Claude Nuttall's long-lost diary. (Colin Reid via SWNS)
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(Colin Reid via SWNS)
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