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I notice trawling through the Times archive that he seems to have been quite a decent rugby player. An R T H Lonsdale is reported as being on the RMC Sandurst team at the time he would have been there (this report also suggests his service as a private was in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment). After he was commissioned there are several reports of him (or at least an R. T. H. Lonsdale) playing for
Blackheath F.C..
David Underdown (
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15:28, 19 November 2009 (UTC)reply
David, out of interest, is the existing citation for the DSO at Arnhem the same as the National Archives as well? I'm curious about a reference to the River Lek.....
Ranger Steve (
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13:34, 20 November 2009 (UTC)reply