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US General Van Fleet inspects Gloucestershire regiment 1953/4

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This is a photograph of a newspaper cutting (Believed local district newspaper circulation) which reports on the United States of America General Van Fleet, inspecting soldiers from A company 1st Battalion Gloucestershire regiment, believed to be at the school of infantry Warminster. Gloucestershire regiment soldier Leslie Smart is in the photograph at the tip of the General's left shoulder. It is believed that the inspection occurred sometime in 1953/4.Leslie has this newspaper cutting photograph in his possession. More material about Leslie and his time serving with the Glosters can be viewed on line at the West Wales veterans archive in the Leslie Smart collection on the Peoples collection Wales website.

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Leslie Smart
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Dennis Bowman
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Leslie Smart WWVA collection
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29/7/2024
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