<head>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
/* start of attachment style */
.ygrp-photo-title{
clear: both;
font-size: smaller;
height: 15px;
overflow: hidden;
text-align: center;
width: 75px;
}
div.ygrp-photo{
background-position: center;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-color: white;
border: 1px solid black;
height: 62px;
width: 62px;
}
div.photo-title
a,
div.photo-title a:active,
div.photo-title a:hover,
div.photo-title a:visited {
text-decoration: none;
}
div.attach-table div.attach-row {
clear: both;
}
div.attach-table div.attach-row div {
float: left;
/* margin: 2px;*/
}
p {
clear: both;
padding: 15px 0 3px 0;
overflow: hidden;
}
div.ygrp-file {
width: 30px;
valign: middle;
}
div.attach-table div.attach-row div div a {
text-decoration: none;
}
div.attach-table div.attach-row div div span {
font-weight: normal;
}
div.ygrp-file-title {
font-weight: bold;
}
/* end of attachment style */
-->
</style>
</head>
<html><head></head><body>
<!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| -->
<br><br>
<!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| -->
<div class="ydpa295c06ayahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Thank you Hayden and Mark,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Since I did a round one of searches, FindMyPast have introduced highlighting key words which in theory makes a double check easy. However, in this case, the program takes the user to page 2, not 3 where nothing was highlighted.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Previously I have found the Western Gazette rather trying to interrogate as the user had manually plough through an entire page to find material. Quite likely I have previously missed many WW1 cases in Devon and Somerset. Hopefully I shall now find them.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">David</div></div><div id="ydp3671c38ayahoo_quoted_5503542919" class="ydp3671c38ayahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div id="ydp3671c38ayiv3357129548"><div><div id="ydp3671c38ayiv3357129548ygrp-mlmsg" style="position:relative;"><div id="ydp3671c38ayiv3357129548ygrp-msg" style="z-index:1;"><div id="ydp3671c38ayiv3357129548ygrp-text"><p>
<br clear="none">
I did find it, your extract has most of it, no mention of ringing. <br clear="none">
Western Gazette - Friday 24 April 1942, page 3 in the 6th column under <br clear="none">
'Weymouth'.<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
Just a paragraph:<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
May Be a War Prisoner. —One of the four sons of Mrs. W. H. Roper, of <br clear="none">
18. Perth-street, who are in the fighting forces. Pte. Leonard Percy <br clear="none">
Roper, has been reported missing at Singapore, but it is hoped that he <br clear="none">
may be a prisoner of war. Pte. Roper is 30 years of age and is married. <br clear="none">
His father was killed in the last war.<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
Hayden Charles<br clear="none">
</p>
</div>
<div style="color:#fff;min-height:0;"></div></div>
</div></div></div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| -->
<br>
<br>
<!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| -->
<div width="1" style="color: white; clear: both;"/>__._,_.___</div>
<div id="fromDMARC" style="clear:both; margin-top: 10px;">
<hr style="height:2px ; border-width:0; color:#E3E3E3; background-color:#E3E3E3;">
Posted by: David Willis <dcwillispiano@yahoo.com> <hr style="height:2px ; border-width:0; color:#E3E3E3; background-color:#E3E3E3;">
</div>
<!-- Start Recommendations -->
<!-- End Recommendations -->
<!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| -->
<img src="http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97476590/grpId=5029388/grpspId=1707285820/msgId=20667/stime=1565188218" width="1" height="1"> <br>
<!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| -->
<!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| -->
<br>
<!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| -->
<div id="ygrp-vital" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 10px;">
<span id="vithd" style="font-weight: bold; color: #333; text-transform: uppercase; "><a href="https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/bellhistorians/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJlMmtmM2U1BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzUwMjkzODgEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA3Mjg1ODIwBHNlYwN2dGwEc2xrA3ZnaHAEc3RpbWUDMTU2NTE4ODIxOA--" style="text-decoration: none;">Visit Your Group</a></span>
<ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; display: inline;">
</ul>
</div>
<div id="ft" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0 2px 0 0; clear: both;">
<a href="https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJkdmMxaGtuBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzUwMjkzODgEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA3Mjg1ODIwBHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA2dmcARzdGltZQMxNTY1MTg4MjE4" style="float: left;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/ru/static/images/yg/img/email/new_logo/logo-groups-137x15.png" height="15" width="137" alt="Yahoo! Groups" style="border: 0;"/></a>
<div style="color: #747575; float: right;"> • <a href="https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html" style="text-decoration: none;">Privacy</a> • <a href="mailto:bellhistorians-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe" style="text-decoration: none;">Unsubscribe</a> • <a href="https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/" style="text-decoration: none;">Terms of Use</a> </div>
</div>
<!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| -->
</div> <!-- ygrp-msg -->
<br>
<!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| -->
<div style="color: white; clear: both;"/>__,_._,___</div>
</body></html>