A PROUD LAD
“LITTLE SNOOKER” GOES TO THE SAAR.
London, December 20. When the first battalion of the East Lancashire Regiment tramped down the Yorkshire dales to Richmond, to entrain for the Saar, with them marched the proudest lad in England, Little he is George Wardle, aged 14 and 4ft in height. He is the youngest member of the force and holds the rank of boy. He was at school four months ago. . A telegram interrupted his Christmas leave at his home at Thornton, Cleavelys. It announced: “Battalion ordered to Saar. Return immediately. George was delighted, but hismother was dismayed because the child has never before been further from home than Catterick. , Twelve older boys accompany the battalion, but George is the only one capable of playing the French horn. He cherishes the ambition to become a bandsman. Meanwhile, he is content to be an orderly. . , George must not smoke or drink ana must be in bed by 8.30 p.m-> does not mind because he is determined to be a credit to the regiment. The Ist battalion of the East Lancashires, consisting of 42 officers and oou men, comprises part of the British contingent being sent to the Saar to help in preserving order before and after the nationality plebiscite.
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Southland Times, Issue 22465, 28 December 1934, Page 5
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210A PROUD LAD Southland Times, Issue 22465, 28 December 1934, Page 5
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