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Explore your roots
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Explore your roots
With over 6,200,000 records

Explore your roots
With over 6,200,000 records
| Week 47 |
| Thursday. 19 November, 2026 | |
| 7:30 pm |
Finding Sapper ClayThe chance discovery of a First World War medal in a garden in Surrey triggered the search for an old soldier’s family. This would span 19th Century brickmaking in Warwickshire, the Somme, Gallipoli and a family story that that would connect to Geroge Elliot’s (Mary Anne Evans’) first story collection published in 1857. Who was Sapper Clay? John Griffiths-Colby has a background in Journalism, Business Consultancy and public speaking. |

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