By John D Ellis Roy Henniker Dudley Van Twest[1]For Roy Henniker Dudley Van Twest see: First World War Service Records ‘Burnt Documents’ The National Archives (TNA) WO 363. British Army Medal Index Cards, 1914-1920. TNA WO372/20. War … Continue reading was born in Columbo, Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka) c.1889.[2]According to ancestry.co.uk, he was one of seven … Continue reading A Cingalese machine gunner at the Somme – Sergeant Roy Van Twest