On Saturday evening I received a call from the local hospital to say that
my father, Bill Lamin, passed away peacefully in his sleep. He fought a
long batt...
10 years ago
About Me
- Pte Harry Lamin
- Born in August 1887 in Awsworth Notts, to Henry and Sarah Lamin. Elder Sisters Catherine (Kate), Mary Esther and Sarah Anne(Annie) and Elder brother John (Jack). Educated at Awsworth Board School, just outside Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England. I served with honour in the 9th Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment seeing front line action in Flanders and Northern Italy from the end of 1916 to January 1920.
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What a fantastic find the War Diary has been. I wasn't aware of such a document until almost a year into the project. After that it became the main source...14 years ago
What an amazing blog!
Would you consider introducing your blog to our friendly blogging community over at Fuelmyblog? I am sure many of our readers/users would be most fascinated by your blog.
Thank you
Sylvie
www.fuelmyblog.com
12:28 PM
Are you part of the Revolution?
6:34 PM
Awesome Blog I'm a History Freak check out whackydiscussion/blogspot.com
3:43 AM
how bout that sequel ww2????
3:48 AM
Wonderful idea. As a history teacher I loved reading over the blog. It's also got me thinking trying my hand at something like this with my WWII relatives.
6:38 PM
Absolutely fabulous. I hope you don't mind but I am going to link your site to my grandfathers site. I am tracking my grandfathers life from 1884 - 1961
8:01 PM
The link does not connect with the War Diaries.
Your blog and the letters provide an insight into what was the worst human-initiated tragedy of the last century; one that we are still coping with today. Yours is a superb use of the internet.
3:29 PM
Hi as a solider myself i have recently decided to start my own blog about my journey to Iraq, while im there and my arrival back to the uk.i just home my blog will be as good as yours in the future. if any ideas to help me improve my blof i would be more then welcome. thanks
pte lino woolfe RAVC
8:54 PM
How were things on the homefront? Were people always aware of a war happening or was it like now-- "War? Oh yeah. We're at war. I have a friend of a friend over there. . ." So sad nowadays.
Your blog keeps getting more fascinating. Thank you for including us on the journey!