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Re: William H. Dormer
« Reply #9 on: Sunday 20 September 15 20:33 BST (UK) »
Just joined this forum because I came across this thread. The "W. Dormer" referred to earlier was my grandfather William Russell Dormer. He was I believe a cousin of Eric.

My grandfather joined the SIH in 1916 as a private, and was in the cavalry on his horse "Napoleon". In August 1917 he was retrained as an infantryman when the squadrons were dismounted, and was captured on March 21 1918. Sent eventually to a POW camp in Sclayn in Belgium, he and his fellow prisoners finally walked free after the Armistice and wended their way back to the Allied lines, running into the Canadians on the way.

Because he had not joined up in 1914 he was not eligible for demob immediately after the Armistice and was sent to Damascus as part of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force for some time until his demob became permitted.

Some of the letters he wrote back to his parents while on his return to Dun Laoghaire (Kingstown as it was then) are in my possession, and if you read between the lines you can see just how affected he had been by his experiences.

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Re: William H. Dormer
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 09 August 16 21:15 BST (UK) »
I've been looking through the details of my grandfather's WW1 things again this evening and I noticed a reference to W.H. Dormer who turns out to be my grandfather's cousin. My grandfather's father was George Abraham Dormer who was married to Kathleen. They lived in Kingstown. I was unaware that George had a sibling who was the parent of William Henry.

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Re: William H. Dormer
« Reply #11 on: Tuesday 09 August 16 22:48 BST (UK) »
Best to start a new topic on the relevant board rather than on this old WW1 post.
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Re: William H. Dormer
« Reply #12 on: Wednesday 10 August 16 00:08 BST (UK) »
Thanks Jim, but all I was actually doing was adding that little bit of info. It looks like the OP isn't actively connecting with this thread any more anyway, which is why I didn't start a new thread.

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