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6expecting several other chaps I know (but it is not fair to judge them as we do not know what special circumstances prevent them coming).
Which reminds me... I wrote a charming (?) little poem to commemorate (I hope they are enough mmms in commemorate) the advent of the bottle of phiz ( 2 Bottles to be exact & when we empty them Im sure there'll be 4) (If there were 2 be 4 there will be 4 too if we see double).Captain Raikes is the skipper of HMS Raglan & when I took him round the trenches he was slightly wounded by a shell which very kindly missed all the rest of the party. Sharpe was the Lieutenant with him & Bolton was the midshipmite - sing cheerily my lads yo ho - with a long, long pull & and a strong, strong pull (of the bottle), here goes -
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