TWINS INSEPARABLE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16669, 13 October 1917, Page 2 (Supplement)

TWINS INSEPARABLE.

■■■" '- •:■'. - • • ■;.'. ■.■•.'. THINK, ACT,. AND SHARE ALIKE. . The twin sons -of Mr. and Mrs. Orland Gaston—Christopher.' -'and Clifford Gaston; —of Ringmer,v. Sussex, .are renowned for their devotion, to one /'another/ . _ " > l, .> % Thev; resemble each other/ are inseparable, think: act alike, ; and have never been known to quarrel. Each is 6ft high and 26.years old. . '''; i, . They were, ■ formerly,attached' to the Brighton i Police, which they joined ahd left together. When they ' joined the Royal'-' Sussex •• Regiment,' one l more robust than the other was adjudged fit for foreign -service.'- This distressed .; the v .. pair, ■ and the ; weaker, of; the two again visited the'.- authorities and pleaded that they could not'.; be '.separated, and that .ho wished to be with:his brother on foreign service. .The. authorities, touched by , the simple - devotion, ..arranged • that} they should; be together. ~ They joined •; as ' f privates. were -.. in.. the trenches together, r and have been at the front for.twenty , months. ~ • Together they were"; promoted , to lance-corporals, 'and at the? same time, were ; transferred to the military police. ,'<,}.' Christopher was wounded, and begged not to be sent to trio base, lest he should bo-sent home without Clifford. He was allowed to .remain, and ".Clifford saw him every Jay. The. two .wore granted. leave together, went home, together, and only returned .to; the front recently. ~ . When infants, so alike were they that, to distinguish one from the other, _ different coloured, ribbons had to. be tied oh their wrists. . Throughout their lives they have 'always shared in everything, and in peace time, •• and .when home on ; leave, they "count, their money every night to make .certain., that each, possesses', the same sum. .- ,'•' • -