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Potts Rescues Wounded Comrade after Scimitar Hill

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1915Date range
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1915

Frederick William Owen Potts21 August 1915

Scimitar Hill · Warfare / World War, 1st

After being wounded, Potts remains between the lines and later brings a wounded comrade back toward British positions on a shovel.

Names involved

Frederick William Owen Potts

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