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Offline alison300

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Help with transcribing/place name
« on: Thursday 06 May 21 20:36 BST (UK) »
Attached is a snippet from the service record of L/Sgt. 8763 J.F. Benham, 2nd Bn., Dorsetshire who died a PoW - can anyone please identify the town mentioned (somewhere in Iraq I think)?
**EDIT** - please ignore, I've just found it on another page.
Wright (West Ham, Stratford, Cripplegate)
Widenstrom (Chicago and Minnesota)
Swain (Cripplegate, St Lukes)
Wolfe (St Giles in the Fields)
Willis (Gt. Leighs; Brentford)
Bryant (Bristol, Glos)
Searle (Kent/Surrey)
Keyworth (Yorkshire)
Biggs (Harrow Weald)
Collins (Harrow Weald and Wiltshire)
Langston (Harrow Weald)

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Re: Help with transcribing/place name
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 06 May 21 21:09 BST (UK) »
Afyonkarahisar - Western Turkey?

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Re: Help with transcribing/place name
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 06 May 21 21:19 BST (UK) »
Yes thank you.  I made the mistake of not fully reading the service record before posting  :(
Wright (West Ham, Stratford, Cripplegate)
Widenstrom (Chicago and Minnesota)
Swain (Cripplegate, St Lukes)
Wolfe (St Giles in the Fields)
Willis (Gt. Leighs; Brentford)
Bryant (Bristol, Glos)
Searle (Kent/Surrey)
Keyworth (Yorkshire)
Biggs (Harrow Weald)
Collins (Harrow Weald and Wiltshire)
Langston (Harrow Weald)
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