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The church clock ringed the hour, its resonating tone resounding over the town. Out there dim smoke twisted over the hedgerows as the tank engine peaked the ascent from Dorchester. As it drew closer viaduct, the engine driver gave a short blast on the shriek and began to slow the train to stop at the Stratton Halt. There was one and only traveler sitting tight for the 16:10 train to Yeovil. Captain Charles Page was coming back to his battalion in France, after a brief time of leave. He joined the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1914 and served bravely in some of the bloodiest battle of the war. He had lived an enchanted life yet Charles harbored a profound internal pain, as he lost two of his brothers in this war. His elder brother Arthur Page was a subaltern in the Welch Regiment …show more content…

To do as such would be to sign his own demise warrant, as he would be marked as a disrespect to the King's uniform. He would be stripped of his rank, his family would be disrespected and he'd be executed by a terminating squad, which would be made out of his own men. In spite of stopping at almost every station on the way, the train came to Waterloo on time. Captain Page hailed a cab and asked for the Strand Palace Hotel, where he was to spend the night. The following morning, after consuming a generous breakfast, Charles paid a visit to his shirt maker in Jermyn Street. After that he went back to Waterloo so as to catch the train to Southampton and the overnight ferry to Le Havre. There was a large transit camp on the outskirts of Le Havre and this was the place the enrolled men were being sent to. Here they would be given their kit, including rifles and ammo, before joining their units and afterward being sent to the frontline. After landing at Le Havre, Captain Page advanced toward the railway station, where he had breakfast, before getting onto a train to

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