On 25th September Captain Pole addressed the battalion explaining that a great battle had commenced that morning and that they would be marching forward to relieve a Scottish division close to the town of Lens. Many of them cheered at the prospect of real action at last. Harold and Harry’s Company – C Company – […]
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A little family history … Approaching the Battle of Loos 1915
One hundred years ago my grandmother, Ellen Henson, had given birth to ten children, Lilian, the eldest, first having been born in 1892. Her little boy, John, died in 1911 while still a baby. Three of her remaining sons had enlisted into the army. In September 1915 nineteen year old Harold had just embarked to […]
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A Salzburg Sunrise: Published Today
Today (12 August 2015) I’ve launched A Salzburg Sunrise onto Amazon Kindle. The paperback version will follow soon. I first wrote about Salzburg when I was fourteen years old and I never tire of visiting, thinking about and dreaming of this wonderful city. I hope readers will fall in love with it as much as […]
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