If you wish to forward this post, please click on the following link:https://wp.me/p6N6SI-c7H Lives of WW1 A 2023 UPDATE One hundred years ago we were in the middle of WW1. My grandparents generation spoke of WW1 almost as if it were in the present. This is no longer recent history and nobody is left alive …
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Lives of World War One(A 2022 Update)
One hundred years ago we were in the middle of WW1. My grandparents generation spoke of WW1 almost as if it were in the present. This is no longer recent history and nobody is left alive to recount the horrors from personal experience. I heard of a great uncle who died on the fields of …
Lives of World War One(A 2022 Update)
One hundred years ago we were in the middle of WW1. My grandparents generation spoke of WW1 almost as if it were in the present. This is no longer recent history and nobody is left alive to recount the horrors from personal experience. I heard of a great uncle who died on the fields of …
Death of Albert Jollands
Albert Jollands was the brother of Ruth Jollands, who was married to George Panton(1821-1882), who was the son of John Panton(1804-1865) and his wife Mary. Albert was said to have been well-known in racing circles in Newark, as a trainer of steeplechase horses. I was both saddened and a little intrigued when I had discovered …
Lance Corporal John George Panton(1894-1915)
John George Panton, Great Great Grandson of James Panton(1785-1857). Great Grandson of James Panton, town crier of the Bail.(1805=1849). Grandson of George Panton(1821-1882) Son of John James Panton and Sophie Elizabeth Wholey It appears Lance Corporal John George Panton took part in the Battle of Neuve Chappelle, (as part of the Lincolnshire Regiment) which took …
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Walter Panton(1889-1917)
Dulce et Decorun Est Pro Patria Mori by Wilfred Owen Source:Thomas Trevilla I think this is one of the most powerful works about war ever written. Wilfred Owen’s poem had a huge personal impact on me. Suddenly war was very real, not just something I had viewed on the television. I was reminded of this …
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