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The Seventeenth Man?

A multitude of Historical Possibilities

Tracing Albert's journeys through the Second World War...

All About Albert

This is the story of Albert Joseph Holtom.  Born in Birmingham, England, in 1915, the son of a baker. He married Marjorie Annie Cowley in 1940, and together they raised 3 children; Richard, Anne and Mary.

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