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World War One: Boy soldier a prisoner at 15 and a hero

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A century since the outbreak of World War One, the sacrifice made by those who fought for their country will be remembered in services across the country. BBC Wales has been taking a look at the stories of the boy soldiers from Wales. At three years old, doctors in the Rhymney Valley feared Roy Makepeace was too weak to live very long. But by the age of 15 he had joined the Army to fight the Germans in World War One. The Barry-born teenager was one of the estimated hundreds of boys from Wales who enlisted under age. Private Royal Victor Nash Makepeace's war - and indeed his life - was a colourful one: He...

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