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A former student's sacrifice: Mud‑stained newspaper chronicles story of the first Dalhousian killed in The Great War

A former student's sacrifice: Mud‑stained newspaper chronicles story of the first Dalhousian killed in The Great War

George Stairs set a new academic record for marks when he was a student at ±«Óătv. Just a few years later, he perished serving in the First World War — a story of sacrifice captured in compelling fashion in a newspaper found in a trench on the frontlines.  Read more.

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