Tales from the Front (24) traces the intertwined fates of Erasmus and William Trickett, two young labourers whose lives ended at Ypres in 1915. Their reconstructed story reveals how inherited customs, closed networks, and local identity struggled against the pressures of modernity, migration, and industrial conflict. Thus, through genealogy, social history, and battlefield detail, the narrative shows how war accelerated change and reshaped families whose futures once seemed secure.
Tales from the Front (23) tells the story of Thomas Avey Dix, a native of Victorian Bournemouth, who fought in the Great War. A professional soldier, he served with the 2nd Dorsets in India before coming with them to invade Mesopotamia (Iraq) in 1914. The official records list Private Dix’s demise as November 19th, two days after the expeditionary force won a significant victory at Sahil.
Tales from the Front (22) tells the story of Alfred Davis, a native of Victorian Bournemouth, who fought in the Great War. Davis belonged to the 2nd Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment, a unit sent from India to secure government-controlled oil interests in the Persian Gulf in late 1914. Davis came to Mesopotamia, now Iraq, a landscape long marked by conflict and empire. His journey ended at Sahil on November 17th, 1914.