Three great-uncles

One came home.
One lies at Arras.
One ‘somewhere’ in France,
or perhaps Flanders fields.

All unknown to me

The last two gone
From living memory

Are they known to you?

A fading image, clipped to fit a locket, might be any one of them
George, Ormond, Harry

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