Sometimes stories are so odd that you cannot believe them to be true – and yet they are.
Let's start with Morris Cohen
Morris Abraham "Two-Gun" Cohen (1887 - 1970) was a Jewish soldier and adventurer who became aide-de-camp to the Chinese leader Sun Yat-sen and a major-general in the Chinese army.
I bet you’ve never heard of him
…..and for all his various adventures, he is buried in Blackley Cemetery in Manchester.
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