The Man Who Would Not Come Home Private "Nobby" Esplin, of the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, came home recently for the first time in 34 years.
He landed with his regiment in ihe troopship Dilwara from India. states the "Evening News."
"Nobby," who is 55 years old, is known throughout the British Army as The Man Who Would Not Come Home.
He joined the Royal West Kents in 1908, and went to India with the 2nd Battalion in the following year, sailing from Southampton Docks on April 7. During the war he served in Mesopotamia.
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