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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. |
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NBT 1916 Jan. 25th Tue. Corporal H. Dollimore, of the Royal Field Artillery, is home on leave from France. As a reservist, he was the first man to go from the parish when war broke out, and, remaining uninjured, has been in France and Flanders ever since. With his term of service being up, he has been given a month’s leave before returning to the front, and says that although times are sometimes rough, “I couldn’t leave the game as things are now.” Having also joined the Army on the outbreak of war, Sergeant Major McRay is also home on leave, his wife having lately presented him with a son. NBT 1918 Nov. 12th Tue. Lieutenant J. Carter, R.A.F., was killed by a stray shell on October 30th, whilst asleep in his billet with another officer. His mother, who lives in a small cottage in Vicarage Road, has received a letter from his Commanding Officer, in which, making especial mention that in four years of war he had shown no signs of war weariness, he speaks highly of her son’s ability, as also of his cheerfulness under trying conditions.
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ALSO AVAILABLE IN BOOK FORM AS ‘LETTERS FROM THE FIRST WORLD WAR’ FROM WWW. LULU.COM,
PRODUCED WITH THE INVALUABLE EXPERTISE OF ALAN KAY & ZENA DAN. |
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