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W W Gibson, (1878-1962)

Despite failing the medical he persisted and served in the Royal Army Service Corps

but was never at the front

Published in July 1915

They ask me where I've been,

And what I've done and seen.

But what can I reply

Who know it wasn't I,

But someone just like me,

Who went across the sea

And with my head and hands

Killed men in foreign lands ...

Though I must bear the blame,

Because he bore my name.

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