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FROM THE CONTEMPORARY LOCAL NEWSPAPERS OF NORTH BUCKS (BUCKS STANDARD, NORTH BUCKS TIMES, WOLVERTON EXPRESS)
With today’s internet a wealth of official information is available regarding those who served.
In an age before local radio and television, families often allowed letters to be published in the local press from their loved ones on active service.
However, for their descendants the letters reveal a more personal aspect, graphically describing the experience of the people and providing an insight into their personalities.

B.S. 1915 Feb. 27th

On Tuesday last, Mrs. T. Beckett, of Great Woolstone, received a letter from her son, Corporal Beckett, who practically since the beginning of the war has been serving at the front with the King’s Royal Rifles. After much trench fighting, he is now on a period of rest, and says that he is getting eggs for breakfast and tea, and that the weather has considerably improved. He was promoted to Corporal on the battlefield.


ALSO AVAILABLE IN BOOK FORM AS ‘LETTERS FROM THE FIRST WORLD WAR’ FROM WWW. LULU.COM,
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