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| Thomas William Compton born 1897 |
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| Thomas (known as Billy) |
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| Back row from the left: Billy, Emily, Emma Compton (Billy's mother) c1930. |
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The decoration was introduced as an award of "King's silver" for having received wounds or injury during loyal war service.
A secondary causation for its introduction was that a practice had developed in the early years of the war where some women took it upon themselves to confront and publicly embarrass men of fighting age they saw in public places who were not in military uniform, by ostentatiously presenting them with white feathers, as a suggestion of cowardice.
The badge was intended to be worn on civilian clothes. Wiki |
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| Thomas's WW1 journal |
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Pages 1-6, 7-12, 13-18, 19-24, 25-30, 31-39, other pages |
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| German Albatros D.III fighter aircraft parked in a line at La Brayelle near Douai, France, March 1917. |
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| Page 20 |
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| Thomas leaves Arras for Ypres travelling by train to Poperinghe (middle left of map). |
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| The Battle of Passchendaele took place from July to November 1917. |
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