Somewhere in Africa – 20th May 1917 continued
Let’s see how things go now that Henry has arrived at his new location. It’s a long post and a continuation of yesterday’s. Letters are more likely to fall into
October 19, 2018
Let’s see how things go now that Henry has arrived at his new location. It’s a long post and a continuation of yesterday’s. Letters are more likely to fall into
Henry sees a bit of action while travelling to his battalion’s destination. Somewhere in German East – 20th May 1917 My last was by p.c. from Mombasa on 1st May
We left Henry Tod yesterday with his journey to Nairobi partly complete. Picking up the threads today. We got not Nairobi at 3 o’clock that afternoon and were met at
Having written three novels featuring World War One, I’ve learned a lot about trenches. I’ve even been in one or two although of course, they’re now sanitized and bear no
I began this series as Somewhere in France – it looks like I’ll soon have to call it Somewhere in Africa. This is our tenth day out and as I
Henry Tod’s letters home have an unexplained gap of more than six months and unfortunately, there is no one alive to ask for details. We’ll pick up the story in
Henry Tod was in the thick of the action in his last letter. Let’s see what happens next. I haven’t read any of these before I share them with you.
Continuing Henry Tod’s experiences on that day in the trenches. At 5 a.m. to the second, a most intense bombardment broke out along our lines, and we had all that
Diving right in with the latest letter from Henry Tod, ominously titled ‘In the Trenches’. I have rather a big budget this time [I think he means lots to tell]
Henry Tod continues to be out of the line. I have your letters of 21st and 24th March and am glad to see you are all keeping so well, considering
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