Tales from the Front (11) tells the story of Charles George Morris, a Bournemouth native who fought in the Great War. A Private serving with the 1st Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment, he fell on October 13th, 1914, at La Bassee. He may have witnessed the first execution for desertion.
Tales from the Front (10) tells the story of Walter Henry Linham, a Bournemouth native who fought in the Great War. A sawyer, who served with the 1st Dorsetshire Battalion, he fell on October 13th, 1914, at La Bassee.
Tales from the Front (9) tells the story of William James Franklin, Bournemouth-born, who fought in the Great War. A postman, serving with the 1st Dorsetshire Battalion, Lance-Corporal Franklin fell on October 12th, 1914, at La Bassee.
Tales from the Front (8) tells the story of George Robert Newman, Bournemouth-born, who fought in the Great War. His unit, the 2nd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, belonged to the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps. Newman, 19, fell on September 17th, 1914, during the Battle of the Aisne.
Tales from the Front (7) tells the story of Frederick Wills, Bournemouth-born, who served with the 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashires. A professional soldier, having served in India, he went missing in chaotic fighting at the Battle of the Aisne, September 1914.
Tales from the Front (6) follows the life and military service of Lance-Corporal Victor Talmash (1896-1914), a Bournemouth native, who served in France with the 1st Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Talmash fell at the Battle of the Marne.
Tales from the Front (4) follows the life and military service of Edmund Ernest Trent (1885-1914), a family man, serving with the Cheshires, who fell at Mons, August 24th, 1914.
Tales from the Front (3) tells the story of Ronald Scott, a Lance-Corporal serving with the 9th Lancers during the Great War. He fell at Mons, August 24th, 1914.
Tales from the Front (2) explores the life, world, and military service of William Robert Oakley. A former golf caddy, he had joined the 1st Dorsetshire Regiment in time for deployment to the Western Front in August 1914. He fell on the second day of Mons, during which his battalion fought a spirited withdrawal, though one that incurred many casualties.