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Hello and welcome to Beat to Battlefield.
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Something slightly different to our normal programming.
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We're looking into spooky cases during the First and Second World War.
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As it's the month of Halloween and spooky season, I thought I'd give you something a little bit spooky.
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The Isle of Wight, located just off the coast of Southampton, is technically part of Hampshire.
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Throughout the centuries it has been one of those large defences.
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Though, legend has it, the guards were sent onto the island to stop inbreeding.
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Located around its coast and on its high points, there are many different fortresses dating back over the centuries.
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During the First World War, it would be the site of many training camps for the artillery and even those who are convalescing.
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Harry Patch, the last fighting Tommy, would spend his final days of the war here.
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Fort Gordon, located on the southern part of the island, saw several deaths throughout his time.
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And apparently to this day, there is a spiritual First World War soldier who wanders the camp.
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Visitors have heard footsteps of hobnail boots down on the concrete, as well as smelling pipe smoke in a place where they could not be.
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There are two possible stories between behind this spectre who wanders around the camp.
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It is the site of a First World War soldier, first seen in the 1920s.
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There is tales of a soldier who fell in love with a local girl.
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However, another one of her lovers would kill him shortly after.
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There is also the case of a company sergeant major who wandered into the camp pissed one night and fell down the stairs and broke his neck.
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But it's unknown who it is.
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But the latest sighting was seen in two thousand and two.