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posted on 2024-06-05, 19:40 authored by Their Finest Hour Project Team

Family member from Ashampstead conscripted in 1943 as a Bevin Boy to work in the coal mines. Had to live with stigma of being called a coward.

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Coal worker's medal Photo of pit Memoir

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Jennifer Mary Fisken

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Shared at Theale Library, Berkshire on 14 November 2023.

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99538 | TLI016

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    Their Finest HourWorld War TwoBevinBevin BoysBritainBritishCivilianCiviliansConscriptConscriptionEmploymentHome FrontMineMinerMinersMinesMiningPhotoPhotographPhotographsPhotosRationRationingRationsWar WorkWorkWorkerWorkers

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