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Thomas Smith
NavvyBiography
‘Thomas Smith, age 62, navvy at Gretna, was attacked by two police constables, James Sherwin, and Patrick McSweeney in Carlisle. After finding him a bed for the night in an old tramcar, they robbed him of £11-10/- and nearly blinded him.’ Gretna’s Secret War by Gordon Routledge (Bookcase, 1999), p. 13.