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Thread #6188 Message #501012
Posted By: 8_Pints
08-Jul-01 - 06:18 AM
Thread Name: John Tams Sharpes Rifles series
Subject: RE: John Tams Sharpes Rifles series
For further evidence note the line in "Here's the Tender coming full of Red marines" ....
This describes the press ganging of men into the RN in the North East of England.