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Radio 4,20 Sep 2017,11 mins

20 September 1917 - Adeline Lumley

Home Front

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On this day in 1917, Jamaican seventeen year old Herbert Morris, believed to be suffering from shell shock, was shot at dawn for desertion in France, while in Folkestone, a traumatised soldier shares a day of small joys with Adeline Lumley. Written by Shaun McKenna & Katie Hims Directed by Allegra McIlroy Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

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