Now up to about 60,000 words (and I've got lots of illustrations, too) on 'Swansea in the Great War' which will be published in October 2014 and the chapter topics have been decided on as well.
They are (apart from the usual acknowledgements, introduction etc.,):
Recruiting and Conscientious Objection; The Treatment of Foreign Aliens; Medical Services in Swansea; The effect of the War on Industry; The Problem of Food Supply; Women and the War; Relief Efforts for those at Home or at the Front; Tales from the Front (Swansea's two VC winners; other short stories on those who served on land, on sea or in the air); Swansea's Foreign Legion; The War According to Captain Blackadder; Remembrance.
Now in the final stages of writing and correcting.
They are (apart from the usual acknowledgements, introduction etc.,):
Recruiting and Conscientious Objection; The Treatment of Foreign Aliens; Medical Services in Swansea; The effect of the War on Industry; The Problem of Food Supply; Women and the War; Relief Efforts for those at Home or at the Front; Tales from the Front (Swansea's two VC winners; other short stories on those who served on land, on sea or in the air); Swansea's Foreign Legion; The War According to Captain Blackadder; Remembrance.
Now in the final stages of writing and correcting.
Hello Bernard
ReplyDeleteI wondering if this message gets to you.
Well in my Family History, I have a soldier who was killed on the first day when the Germans used gas, no known grave.
A great uncle who was a dispatch rider and a accident with a stone fall and that put him out of war!!!
Also a distance cousin who was in the merchant navy of the first world war, and his ship on which her served had gold on and was torpedoed by the Germans and the boat went down, he was lost at sea. the gold was savaged after the war.
Could this be of any interest to you
Hi Charles. Its very late in the writing process but I might be able to feature the sailor; I assume he was on the Laurentic? What was his full name? What do you know about him? And - very importantly - do the family have a photo of him? Let me know at: (disguised for the spammers): bernard dot lewis1952 at gmail dot com
DeleteBUT - I WOULD NEED THE INFO AND PHOTO (if there is one) IN THE NEXT WEEK.
Hope the e-mail address is clear to you and thanks for getting in touch!
Bernard