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World War I wills

Vocabulary

wills

documents which say what a person wants to happen to their money and property after they die

the front

places where armies face each other and fight

extracts

short sections taken from longer writing

in active service

while fighting in a war (for an army)

locating

finding

peninsula

a long piece of land that sticks out into a lake or sea

staggered

very shocked and surprised

tucked

stored safely in a small place

batch

group (of similar things)

digitised

changed into a digital form so it can be stored on a computer

centenary

(day or year) 100 years after an event