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John William Streets

Serjeant

Service No. 12/525

Age 31

Died on 1 July 1916

York and Lancaster Regiment

EUSTON ROAD CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS

Somme, France

Eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. William Streets, of 16, Portland St., Whitwell, Derbyshire. Published two books, one dealing with "Coal Mining," and War Poems, "The Undying Splendour," (May, 1917).

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THERE LIE THE FLOWER OF YOUTH

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I fell but yielded not my English soul that liveth out here beneath the battle's soil. (Inscribed on his head stone).

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We will remember them. Today, Tomorrow, Forever.

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John William Streets, known as ‘Will’, wrote about the inspiration for his poems in a letter to the poetry publisher, Galloway Kyle: ...

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