Grandson of Barnsley Pal writes song in his memory
02/08/16
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HE great-grandson of a Barnsley Pal has written a song about him inspired by a photograph taken of him with his fellow Pals during training.
Sam Jefferson lives in Sussex but his mum Sue Francis is from Barnsley and grew up in Staincross.
Sam, a 22-year-old professional guitarist and singer-songwriter, was born almost exactly 100 years after his great-grandfather James Marshall who fought at the Battle of the Somme.
“It really got me thinking when I realised he was my age when he went off to fight. What a different life.”
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