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A will, handwritten and signed on paper, detailing that John Samuel Hall's whole estate should be given to his wife Annie Hall in the event of his death. The will is written in cursive handwriting.

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Will

Private John Samuel Hall from Armley, Leeds, wrote this will (and a letter) to his wife while in France during the First World War. They were folded in his pocket and were pieced by the bullet that killed him through the heart.

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