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A Wolseley of the 10th Lincolnshire Battalion “The Grimsby Chums”

W.D. Wroe as a 2nd Lieutenant. (Photo courtesy of Toby Riley-Smith)

W.D. Wroe as a 2nd Lieutenant. (Photo courtesy of Toby Riley-Smith)

Having recently purchased this Wolseley helmet, I was intrigued as to why it appears to have never been worn. Some initial investigation of the name inside W.D.Wroe, 10th Lincolns, led me to “The Grimsby Chums”, one of the tragically named Territorial “Pals Battalions” so often decimated on the World War One battlefields. Having never been sent to any of the theatres of War in Egypt or Mesopotamia, I wondered why W.D. Wroe would have had a Wolseley Helmet and why it was in such good condition.

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