Tales from the Front (19) tells the story of Edward Stanislaus Williams, a Bournemouth-born man, who fought in the Great War. A van-boy in 1911, Williams went with the First Dorsetshire battalion to France in 1914. He fell along the Messines-Ploegsteert Wood road, November 16th, 1914.
Tag: 1st Ypres
Tales from the Front (18)
Tales from the Front (18) tells the story of George F. Payne, a Bournemouth-born man who fought in the Great War. He had served earlier as a professional soldier with the Hampshire Regiment, re-enlisting on mobilisation. Payne, 32, died in Boulogne Hospital from wounds suffered on November 4th, fighting in Ploegsteert Wood, part of the 1st Battle of Ypres.
Tales from the Front (17)
Tales from the Front (17) tells the story of Charles Frederick Brown, a Bournemouth native who fought in the Great War. He joined the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, and fough during the 1st Battle of Ypres. He fell at Gheluvelt, an area lying 10 km to the south-east of Ypres, November 1st 1914.