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Sometime during that year in England, they went across to France where they found his
brother Alfred’s grave at The Albert Communal Cemetery Extension. See Book 2.
Just before Christmas, snippets of news began appearing in the papers about an
earthquake in the Kansu Province of China which had occurred on 16 December. This was
GFA’s and Fanny’s home. In just a few weeks’ time they would begin to realize what an
impact this event would have on their lives. He wrote later from China:
Sometime during that year in England, they went across to France where they found his
brother Alfred’s grave at The Albert Communal Cemetery Extension. See Book 2.
Just before Christmas, snippets of news began appearing in the papers about an
earthquake in the Kansu Province of China which had occurred on 16 December. This was
GFA’s and Fanny’s home. In just a few weeks’ time they would begin to realize what an
impact this event would have on their lives. He wrote later from China:

