Liverpool Pals Who Died on This Day
From: Little Sutton, Cheshire
D.O.W (110 Years this day)
Saturday 21st October 1916.
23 years old
John Robert Beattie was born in 1893 in Little Sutton, Cheshire and resided in Liverpool. He was the son of Albert Beattie and his wife Emma Louise (nee Hughes) who married in Chester in 1893.
The 1901 Census shows the family living at 8 Bolan Street, Liverpool. His father, Albert, is aged 29, born in Liverpool in 1872 and his occupation is shown to be a Gas Work labourer, his mother, Emma Louisa, is aged 31, born 1870 in Carnarvon, Wales. The children in the household are declared as; John Robert aged 7 born in Little Sutton, Cheshire, Arthur aged 4 and Albert aged 2 were both born in Liverpool. Also listed is Emma’s brother Richard Hughes aged 26, occupation Warehouseman.
The 1911 Census shows the family living at 38 Highfield Road. Albert and Emma had now been married for 18 years and the children John Robert is now aged 17 and is a clerk in the Cotton Association, Arthur is aged 14 and is a messenger boy with the G.P.O, Albert is aged 12 and a further son William aged 5, born 1906 and they are both at school.
He enlisted at St george's Hall in Liverpool on 31 August, 1914, joining the 18th Battalion of The King’s Liverpool Regiment as Private No 16767. He gave his age as 21 years and 13 days and his occupation as a Clerk. He is 5 feet 9 and quarter inches tall, weighed 133 pounds with a chest measurement 36 1/2 inches. His complexion is Sallow, brown eyes, brown hair and gave his religion as Church of England.
From the 23rd September 1914 he was billeted at Hooton Park Race Course and remained there until 03rd December 1914 when they moved into the hutted accommodation at Lord Derby’s estate at Knowsley Hall. On 30th April 1915 the 18th Battalion alongside the other three Pals battalions left Liverpool via Prescot Station for further training at Belton Park, Grantham. They remained here until September 1915 when they reached Larkhill Camp on Salisbury Plain.
John remained in the UK with his Battalion until 07th November, 1915 when they embarked for France.
He was appointed unpaid Lance Corporal on 01st January, 1916, and full paid Lance Corporal on 09th February 1916. John is attached to the 2nd Battalion of the Yorkshire regiment on 1st April 1916, returning to his regiment 4 days later. On the 02nd July, 1916 he is appointed unpaid Corporal, and paid Corporal on 04th July.
On the 18th October, 1916, he was in action when he received gunshot wounds to his abdomen and thigh. He was treated at the 38th casualty clearing station in France, but sadly died from his wounds 3 days later on 21st October, 1916 aged 23 during the Battle of the Transloy Ridges which was part of the ongoing Somme Offensive.
He now lies in Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt, France, where his headstone bears the epitaph:
“PEACE PERFECT PEACE”
The 36th Casualty Clearing Station was at Heilly from April 1916. It was joined in May by the 38th, and in July by the 2/2nd London, but these hospitals had all moved on by early June 1917. The cemetery was begun in May 1916 and was used by the three medical units until April 1917. From March to May 1918, it was used by Australian units, and in the early autumn for further hospital burials when the 20th Casualty Clearing Station was there briefly in August and September 1918. The last burial was made in May 1919. There are now 2,890 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. Only 12 of the burials are unidentified and special memorials are erected to 21 casualties whose graves in the cemetery could not be exactly located. The cemetery also contains 83 German graves. The burials in this cemetery were carried out under extreme pressure and many of the graves are either too close together to be marked individually, or they contain multiple burials. Some headstones carry as many as three sets of casualty details, and in these cases, regimental badges have had to be omitted. Instead, these badges, 117 in all, have been carved on a cloister wall on the north side of the cemetery. The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
His death was reported in the Liverpool Echo on 27th October 1916
BEATTIE - October 20 of wounds received in action on the 18th, aged 23 years, John Roberts (Jack), the dearly beloved son of Albert and Emma Beattie, 38 Highfield Road, Stoneycroft. "Peace, perfect, peace."
BEATTIE - October 20 of wounds received an action October 18th, John Roberts Beattie. (At rest, ever remembered by his sorrowing fiance Maggie Howard.)
He was remembered in the Liverpool Echo with a Birthday Remembrance on 18th October 1917
BEATTIE - In sad but loving 24th birthday remembrance of Corporal John Robert Beattie, K.L.R., our dear Jack, who was wounded October 18, 1916, and died on the 20th at 38 Casualty Clearing Station, France, and was buried at Heilly Station Cemetery, France. He was the dear eldest son of Mr. And Mrs. Beattie, 38 Highfield Road, Stoneycroft.
Had He asked us, well we know
We would cry, "Oh spare this blow!"
Yes, with streaming tears, should pray,
Lord we love him, let him stay.
(He was well-liked and respected by all who knew him.) - Sadly missed by his Father and Mother, three Brothers (one in France, one in training, and his young brother at home).
BEATTIE - In sad but loving birthday remembrance of Corporal J. R.Beattie (Jack), who died of wounds October 20, 1916. (He paid the sacrifice for his loved ones.) - Deeply mourned by his fiance Maggie.
His family remembered him on the first anniversary of his death in teh Liverpool Echo on 21st October 1918
BEATTIE - In loving memory of Lance Corporal JOHN ROBERT BEATTIE (Our dear Jack), 2nd Pals, who was wounded October 18, died October 20, 1916, at 38 Casualty Clearing Station, and was buried at Heilly Station Cemetery, France. Ever remembered by Father and Mother, and three brothers, Arthur and Albert in France, Willie (at home).
We who loved you sadly missed you as it dawns another year.
In the lonely hours of thinking thoughts of you are ever dear. - 38 Highfield Road, Stoneycroft.
BEATTIE - To the sacred memory of Corporal J. R. BEATTIE (Jack), died of wounds October 20, 1916. Too sadly missed to be forgotten by his fiance Maggie and all at 321 Binns Road.
John Robert is also commemorated on the following Mmeorials:
Liverpool Cotton Association War Memorial
St Anne’s C. of E. Church School, Stanley
St Anne’s C. of E. Church, Stanley.
His mother died in the March quarter of 1930, aged 61.
His father died in the December quarter of 1960, aged 89.
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From: Liverpool
K.I.A (110 Years this day)
Saturday 21st October 1916.
24 years old
Prior to the war he had been employed by Messrs: Wilson, Son, and Co of Chapel Street, Liverpool as a Clerk.
He enlisted in Liverpool and was serving in the 20th Battalion (A Company), The King’s Liverpool Regiment as Private No 32259 when he was killed in action on the 21st October 1916, aged 24, during the Battle of the Transloy Ridges which was part of the ongoing Somme Offensive.
He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France.
The Thiepval Memorial, the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave. Over 90% of those commemorated died between July and November 1916.
On 01st August 1932 the Prince of Wales and the President of France inaugurated the Thiepval Memorial in Picardy. The inscription reads: “Here are recorded the names of officers and men of the British Armies who fell on the Somme battlefields between July 1915 and March 1918 but to whom the fortune of war denied the known and honoured burial given to their comrades in death.”
“Private J. Woods, K.L.R., formerly residing at 7, Squires Street, Edge Hill, was killed in France by a shell whilst getting water. He has two brothers in the army, one of whom is at present home wounded. Prior to the war he was a clerk employed by Messrs. Wilson, Son & Co. Chapel Street. His loss is keenly felt by all who knew him. They miss him most who loved him best.”
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From: Bebington
K.I.A (109 Years this day)
Sunday 21st October 1917.
36 years old
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Tragedy struck the family within weeks of Arnold's birth when on 31st March 1881 his mother Gertrude Isabella died aged 25.
The 1881 Census shows his widowed father living with his wife's family at Old Hall, Poulton cum Spittal. Arnold is not listed and he may have been in the care of his father's family when the Census was conducted at Old Hall.
Arnold was baptised on the 04th May 1881 at St Andrews Church, Bebington.
The 1891 Census finds Arnold, now 10, living with his father and his new wife Alice Kate Draper at The Firs, Bromborough Road, Lower Bebington. Alice Kate Draper was born in 1859 at Camberwell, Surrey. Also present in the house are Arnold's siblings: brothers Charles Noble Draper aged 3 and Walter Raleigh Draper aged 2 and his sister Kathleen aged 1. The household also records 3 servants.
Arnold had attended Locker’s Park Preparatory School in Hemel Hempsted. He joined Lockers Park when aged 10 and made
the 1st XI soccer team the following year. He left in 1894 for Spread-Eagle House at Rossall School in Lancashire where he joined his brother Leonard at his father’s old school Rossall, Fleetwood. He was at Rossall between 1894 - 1899. Whilst at the school he displayed great sporting prowess, representing the school at Hockey, Cricket and Football.
The 1901 Census shows Arnold's family at 8 Bromborough Road, Lower Bebington. Arnold is not present but his father and stepmother are present along with children Charles aged 13, Kathleen aged 11, Christopher aged 8, Virles aged 7 and Gerald aged 3. There are 2 servants also in the household.
His sporting prowess is further evidenced by way of the details of Arnold's Hockey career details which have been generously supplied by Marcus Wardle of The Hockey Museum and James Ormandy;
Arnold played 25 times for Cheshire from 1901 until 1912, 16 times for the North from 1903 until 1911 and made his England debut in 1904 playing against Scotland alongside fellow Bebington teammate Bryan Peel. Unfortunately, his first two international games are remembered for the first time England had not won (England 2 Scotland 2) and for the first time they ever lost (Ireland 3 England 2). However, he did play in England’s first ever international against France in 1907 winning 14-0 scoring twice. Arnold played five times for England and was first reserve on numerous occasions between 1904 and 1908. He was a fast, skilful, and prolific goal scorer whose performance would often determine the outcome of any game as in 1909 when the press reported “Draper beats Brooklands” as he scored all five goals for Bebington in their 5-4 win.
Summing up his hockey career is a report from the North v West game in 1908:
“The North forwards played grandly throughout and Draper at inside right was in his best form. Time after time his clever stick work and dribbling powers enabled him to go through the opposing defence and though individually brilliant, he was never selfish.”
He scored the only goal in the game and came close to getting a second hitting the post proving himself to be one of the best forwards in England.
He was also a member of the first English side to tour Germany and so popular did he become with Teutonic hockey lovers that he was made an honorary life member of the Uhlenhorster HC Hamburg (1901) who represented Germany in the 1908 Olympics.
Arnold played for Bebington Hockey Club, in the Hockey Association Handbook for 1906/07 he is named as the Club Secretary. From there he was selected to play for his County side which would have been Cheshire. From that he was selected to play for the Divisional side of North. It is this progression which led him to representing England.
By 1911 Arnold is a boarder at the home of Edward and Hannah Lloyd at 11 Trafalgar Drive, Lower Bebington. He is recorded as being 30 years of age and a Clerk.
Arnold married Evelyn Mary Ward in the 3rd quarter of 1912. The couple had two children; Joan Inman Draper born on 05th July 1913 and John Hugh Draper born on 25th March 1916.
Arnold enlisted at St George's Hall, Liverpool joining the 17th Battalion of The King's Liverpool Regiment as Private 16130. He was stationed at Prescot Watch Factory with the rest of his battalion and would travel to Knowsley Hall for training with the other Pals battalions stationed there.
He soon applied for a commission. This was granted in March 1915 and he was Gazetted Second-Lieutenant in the Battalion in the same month. All 4 of the Liverpool Pals Battalions left Liverpool on 30th April 1915 for further trading at Belton Park, Granntham and Lark Hill Camp at Salisbury Plain. The London Gazette of 06/05/1915 records Arnold's promotion to Temporary 2nd Lieutenant. He was in the original draft that first crossed to France in November 1915, attached to ‘C’ Company.
From the 7th March 1916 until the end of that month, he was attached to the Base Horse Transport and was granted leave in England in April and December 1916. He was appointed acting Captain in command of ‘A’ Company on 14th August 1916 and temporary Lieutenant on 1st September 1916,and these appointments were both Gazetted on 17th November 1916. His Captaincy was confirmed and made temporary on 22nd October, being Gazetted on 17th January 1917.
News of his promotion to Captain was recorded in the local press, at home, alongside details of his brothers:
FIVE OFFICER SONS
THREE PROMOTED: ONE GETS HONOURS
Three of five sons of Mr Hugh Draper of Bebington, serving in the forces in France, have recently received promotion, viz. :-
Lieutenant Arnold Inman Draper, King's Liverpool Regiment, to be Captain.
Second Lieutenant Charles N. Draper, A.S.C., to be Lieutenant.
Flight Commander Christopher Draper, R.N.A.S., to be acting Squadron Commander. This officer has also been decorated by the French President with the "Croix de Guerre" and "Palm" in recognition of his services when engaged in air raids, by bringing down on one occasion two enemy machines, and a third shortly after, while sharing with another officer in the destruction of a fourth.
Their brother's, Second Lieutenant W. R. Draper, Liverpool's, and Second Lieutenant G.C. Draper, Cheshire's (attached Royal Warwick's) are saving with their battalions in the trenches.
He was granted six days local leave to Rouen in March 1917. On 28th March 1917, during the fighting around Arras, he was buried by a shell and had to be dug out by his men. Although he was shocked and slightly wounded, he remained on duty.
Evidence of his bravery and leadership skills appear in the war diaries of the 17th Battalion:
"On the night of 4th July 1917 at 12.30am Lt. Aidan Chavasse and a party of 8 other ranks left our trenches to patrol the German front line with the object of ascertaining the disposition of the enemy, obtaining identification, and killing any occupants. This patrol on nearing the enemy wire encountered a German patrol which opened fire on them wounding Lt. Chavasse. Our patrol withdrew to our lines, but Lt. Chavasse was missing. Capt. A.I. Draper, Capt. C. E. Torrey, Capt. F. B. Chavasse (RAMC), 2nd Lt. C.A. Peters and Lance Corporal H. Dixon (11531) searched ‘No Man’s land’ for him. During the search, Capt. C.E. Torrey was wounded and taken into our trenches. 2nd Lt C.A. Peters and L/Cpl H Dixon discovered Lt. Chavasse in a shell hole; 2nd Lt. Peters was killed when returning to our line for assistance to carry the wounded officer in. L/Cpl Dixon remained to bandage his wounds. After waiting the arrival of necessary assistance L/Cpl returned for stretcher bearers to carry Lt. Chavasse in, but on going back the party were unable to find the officer and had to return on account of dawn breaking.”
He achieved further promotion to the rank of Major, this was reported in the Birkenhead News on 01st September 1917:
PROMOTION FOR HESWALL OFFICER
Captain A. Inman Draper of "Winterdyne" Rocky-lane, Heswall has been appointed Major, whilst on active service in France. Major Draper, who is the son of Mr. High Draper, "The Firs", Bebington and grandson of the late Mr Inman of the famous Inman Line of Liverpool was on the staff of the Bank of England, Castel-street, Liverpool, when war broke out, and joined the 17th Battalion of the King's Liverpool Regt. (1st Liverpool Pals) on September 8th 1914 as a private. He was gazetted as second lieutenant in March 1915, and promoted to captain in August 1916. He has been engaged in some of the fiercest battles in France, among which can be mentioned the Somme, Messines and Arras, also being wounded and buried by a shell, having to be dug out by his men. Major Draper is an ardent sportsman, has played for the Rock Ferry cricket team, is an international hockey player, being chosen to play against Germany at Hamburg a few years ago, played for North against South in England, and is an enthusiatic swimmer. The many prizes, suitably inscribed, to be seen at his home bear witness to his prowess as an all round athlete. Rossall school old boys and present will be glad to hear of the promotion of one of their old school fellows. Dr Cahvasse, son of the Bishop of Liverpool is in the same battalion.
He was killed in action in Belgium on 21st October 1917, in the front line at Hollebeke, near Ypres. At 20.30,the Battalion was in the process of being relieved by the 2nd Battalion The Bedfordshire Regiment, when a stray shell landed in the trench and exploded at his feet, wounding him and three other ranks. He died shortly afterwards. He was 36 years of age.
The Battalion Diary records the events of 21st October 1917 as follows:
"8:30pm Battalion relieved by 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment and marched independently to PARRAIN FARM CAMP - Arrived 10:30a.m. CASUALTIES: MAJOR A.I.DRAPER Killed and 3 O.R. wounded"
He was buried two days later at 14.30 in Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, in Grave O.38. A large number of officers and men from the Battalion attended his funeral and the service was conducted by The Reverend E W Moore, Chaplain to the Forces, who officially notified the War Office of his death.
On the 23rd Ocotber 1917 the diary records his funeral:
"FUNERAL: A large number of officers and O.R. attended the funeral of MAJOR A. I. DRAPER at KEMMEL Cemetery at 2.30pm" .
Arnold's headstone bears the epitaph:
"AND THY JOY NO MAN TAKETH FROM THEE. ST JOHN"
Kemmel Chateau was north-east of Kemmel village and the cemetery was established on the north side of the chateau grounds in December 1914. It continued to be used by divisions fighting on the southern sectors of the Belgian front until March 1918, when after fierce fighting involving both Commonwealth and French forces, the village and cemetery fell into German hands in late April. The cemetery was retaken later in the year, but in the interval it was badly shelled and the old chateau destroyed. There are now 1,135 Commonwealth burials of the First World War in the cemetery and 21 from the Second World War (which all date from the Allied withdrawal ahead of the German advance of May 1940). The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
The Commanding Officer of the 89th Brigade Brigadier – General F C Stanley said of him:
“His was a very fine influence in the 17th Battalion, and a great favourite amongst us all. “
Following his death Arnold received an obituary in Wisden:
"MAJOR ARNOLD INMAN DRAPER (King's Liverpool Regt) killed October 21, aged 35. Rossall XI, 1898; Rock Ferry CC. Hockey International. Had been wounded."
Further tributes were paid to Arnold as follows:
Major A.I. Draper, who has made the supreme sacrifice, was a well-known International hockey forward, having played for England in various matches from 1904 to 1908. Educated at Rossall School, the late officer, as is the custom at the seat of learning, commenced to play the "Rossall" style of hockey on the dry sands of the seashore. As a forward he was a remarkably skilful dribbler, and his stick work was beautifully finished, neat and clever. But Major A.I. Draper was not always a big asset in the science of combination, and this probably prevented him from reaching the topmost rank in first class forward play. Passing is usually a weakness amongst most Rossall hockey players, as in the "Rossall" game the art of scientific combination is not at all studied. The main feature being dribbling and shooting, Major A.I. Draper played several good games for England as inside right, and once operated in the middle position. He was quite a brilliant shot, and for some years took regular part in the North's trial matches, as well as for Cheshire County and the Bebington H.C. For the latter club the late gallant officer was a tower of strength, and in the latter years he played at full back. Major Draper was highly popular in hockey circles, for he was a good and keen sportsman, with a genial and lovable disposition which brought him hosts of friends.
BEBINGTONTHE LATE MAJOR ARNOLD I. DRAPER
Major Arnold Inman Draper, who was killed in action on the 21st inst, was the son of Mr Hugh W. Draper of Bebington, being the eldest of five brothers serving in his Majesty's Forces. He was educated at Rossall, where he first played hockey, in which he afterwards achieved such distinction. A member of the Bebington team, he was chosen for the county in 1901 and for the North in 1903. He became an international in 1904, playing for England against Scotland. In later years he devoted his time to cricket, proving a valuable member of the Rock Ferry club as a good all-round cricketer. At the outbreak of war he was among the first to join the "Pals" Battalion of the K.L.R. as a private, in which regiment he obtained a commission in 1915, attaining the rank of Major in September last. His Colonel writes:- "It did not take me long to learn what a sterling character he had and how deservingly popular he was with both officers and and men. It has been a great shock to the Battalion." In civil life he was a member of the staff of the Liverpool branch of the Bank of England, where he was highly esteemed by his chiefs and colleagues.
ROLL OF HONOUR
KILLED IN ACTION
DRAPER - On October 21st, killed in action, aged 35 years, Arnold Inman Draper, of Heswall, Major K.L.R., eldest surviving son of Hugh W. Draper of Bebington, and dearly loved husband of Evelyn Mary Draper.
Probate was granted to his widow on 11th January 1918.
Soldiers Effects to widow Mrs Evelyn Draper, the Pension record has no award.
Evelyn Mary Draper and one of her children were in attendance at the ceremony at Liverpool Cathedral on 20th July 1924 where the Scroll of Honour was dedicated.
Arnold is commemorated on the following Memorials:
Lockers Park School
St Andrew's Church, Bebbington
Rossall School
Lower Bebington Methodist Church
Heswall Memorial
Bank of England, Liverpool
Grateful thanks are extended to Marcus Wardle of The Hockey Museum, James Ormandy and also Henry Shepherd of Rossall School for the assistance in providing this biography.
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From: Liverpool
D.O.W (108 Years this day)
Monday 21st October 1918.
26 years old
Joseph (Joe) Wilson was born on 14th January 1893, the son of William Wilson and his wife Mary Anne (née Hughes). His father, a British subject born in India, and his mother, born in Liverpool, married at Our Lady & St. Nicholas & St. Anne's Church in Liverpool in 1882 and had 12 children, of whom only six survived. Joe had older siblings Thomas, Margaret, and George, and younger siblings William and Agnes. Joe was baptised in St. Francis Xavier, Liverpool, on 23rd January.
In 1901 the family is living at 89 Field Street, Everton, with five children, his father is a warehouse porter, Joseph is 7. He was educated at St. Francis Xavier School.
1911 finds them at 33 Phoebe Ann Street, Everton. His father, 49, is a foreman in a sugar refinery, his mother is 47, George, 20, is a labourer, Joseph is 18, a furniture remover, William is 10 and Agnes 8. Also in the household is married sister Margaret and her husband.
Unfortunately his service record has not survived so the details are not known. Based on the War Gratuity, Joe enlisted soon after war was declared. We do know that he enlisted at Seaforth, as Private 13784, 14th Bn, King’s (Liverpool) Regiment. The 14th battalion trained at Eastbourne and Seaford before shipping to France on 4th September 1915. However, Joe’s medal roll shows that he arrived in France on 24th September 1915. The Medal Roll shows that Joe was transferred to the 18th Bn, but does not indicate when. The 18th Bn arrived in France in November 1915. Joe’s name and number appeared in the list of Wounded published in the Weekly Casualty List on 28th May 1918, battalion not specified. In late April and May 1918 the 18th Bn is in the Ypres Salient and the 14th Bn in the Balkans. It is not known whether Joe went to the Balkan (Salonika) front with the 14th in October 1915, and fought in the Battles of Horseshoe Hill and Machukovo in 1916 and at Doiran in 1917. They returned to France in June 1918. The 18th Bn fought on the Western Front, seeing action at the Somme in 1916 and Passchendaele in 1917. We cannot say for certain that the wounds he suffered in May were the wounds which caused his death in October.
Joe was evacuated home from wherever he was wounded and died of wounds and pneumonia at Bootle Borough Hospital on 21st October 1918.
He was laid to rest in Ford Cemetery, Liverpool, on 29th October, his burial record stating, “Joe Wilson, 18/King’s L’pool, Co.D. Grave R.D.270.”
There are 451 First World War burials in the Cemetery.
Joe is also commemorated on the Screen Wall at Ford Cemetery. Screen Walls are a type of memorial for Commonwealth War Dead, they are predominantly used to record the names of individuals who have a known grave but where it is not possible to erect a CWGC headstone or the exact location of the grave is no longer known.
According to CWGC record he was 26 years of age but based on baptism and census records he would have been 25). His CWGC record shows 14th Bn K.L.R. Joe earned his three medals. His mother, living at 51 Sykes Street, Everton, received his effects and a War Gratuity of £24.
His brother George joined the 13th Bn K.L.R. as Private 5666 in 1915, was transferred to 1/7th, and was attached to the Royal Engineers as Private 267389 when he died of wounds on 6th June 1917, age 25. He now rests at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Flanders.
Both brothers are commemorated in the Hall of Remembrance in Liverpool Town Hall. Joe at Panel 31 and George at Panel 32 right.
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