... He would sing jolly comic songs to the others cheer them up in hospital. He went through the siege of Verdun and the battle of the Somme, and every time he got leave he came back to the hospital to look us up and tell us that he still kept smiling. As the ...

... would sing jolly comic songs to the others to cheer them up in hospital. went through the siege of Verdun and the battle of the Somme, and every time he got leave back to the hospital to look up and tell that still kept smiling. As the population of ...