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| 4 Dec 2024 | |
| Written by John Strafford | |
| Dukie News |
John Strafford | Profile | The Dukies' Association
From the book obtainable from "Battle for Monte Natale" :
Photo John Strafford at the Duke of York's Royal Military School 1959
In 1954, I went to the Duke of York's Royal Military School (DYRMS), a boarding school for the sons of soldiers. A tradition of the school was that on parade you wore the badge of your father's regiment. I was the only boy at the school to wear the badge of the York & Lancaster Regiment.
and a bit more not in the book:
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