My brother traced the likely regiment of the sniper who shot my distant relative I mentioned earlier in the thread. It was some Bavarian Infantry regiment apparently. Dunno how he got the information mind.My great great grandad served. CSM Ernest Jackson, 19th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry (The Bantams), part of the 35th Infantry Division.
Fought in the Battle of Albert in the first two weeks of The Somme then in 1917 fought at Arras then the Third Battle of Ypres. Mentioned in despatches twice and awarded the Military Medal.
Never talked about it by all accounts, but my grandad managed to get copies of some of the war diaries so he could find out where he fought.
Braver men than any of us.
Would it be possible for this thread to eventually be put in the gold forum? I personally think it deserves to end up there as a reminder of all the poster's on this threads loved ones who gave the ultimate sacrifice.There are some exceptional contributions and many moving family stories on this thread.
I don't do likes, so thank you all.
Nope sorry, it was from around 2007 ish iirc. Still haven't found it.I think you mean a book called Love, Tommy by Andrew Roberts (published 2012)? - although it not just the 1st World War? - its a collection of letters written from WW1 all way through to modern warfare (2008) and was published in association with Imperial War Museums
I have a copy with orange/black cover
That's above my pay grade but I agree and will ask the question.Would it be possible for this thread to eventually be put in the gold forum? I personally think it deserves to end up there as a reminder of all the poster's on this threads loved ones who gave the ultimate sacrifice.
It's been very moving to read the contributions on this thread and it shows just what a service to this country those men made 100 years ago.