VICTIM OF WAR STRAIN.
DRAMATIC APPEAL TO PRINCE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London. June 13. The Prince of Wales, at Birmingham, was inspecting 1800 men of the British Legion, when a dramatic episode occurred. A tall, lank ex-soldier, named Westley, suddenly darted from the crowd and presented his pension card. He asked the Prince personally tj in_ vestigate why his pension was suddenly stopped in November for an unknown reason. The Prince handed the card to Admiral Halsey and promised the ex-so\-dier that he would make inquiries. The man then quietly went back to the <r Westlev states that he cannot work, owing to war strain. He and his wife and two children are living in one room on poor relief, thou eh he served for four years in a machine-gun corps.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 June 1923, Page 5
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