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This blog is made up of transcripts of Harry Lamin's letters from the first World War. The letters will be posted exactly 90 years after they were written. To find out Harry's fate, follow the blog!
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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- Harry's Blog, Czech Version!
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- Dieter Finzen's blog of a German Soldier
- Buy the book, signed copy
- "Times on line" Article on Blogs
- Wonderful Art from Cornwall
- Harry's Facebook Group
- Harry's Fans' Facebook site
- Buy Harry's Stamps here
- Asiago Plateau Maps.
- Harry's Battalion's War Diary
- Images of Asiago 2008
- Jono Wood's Overview of the Italian Campaign
- Maps of the Italian Campaign
- Readers Comments
- The World Tour
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Link to The very first Posts
Helpful Hints
From 1st March 1918 the leap year in 2008 takes the synchronicity of the days and dates away. Decision: I will publish letters a day in advance so that the days of the week coincide, rather than the date.
"New" readers please note that the entries on each page are in reverse order, oldest at the bottom.
It doesn't work quite like a book. To make sense of the whole blog, take the link to the "First Posts", work from the bottom entry upwards and then take the "Newer posts" link at the bottom of each page for the next installment.
Good luck! Comments most welcome. BL
"New" readers please note that the entries on each page are in reverse order, oldest at the bottom.
It doesn't work quite like a book. To make sense of the whole blog, take the link to the "First Posts", work from the bottom entry upwards and then take the "Newer posts" link at the bottom of each page for the next installment.
Good luck! Comments most welcome. BL
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6 comments:
I am interested in the connection between solders and the places they came from. Using the train station they traveled from and the destinations they arrived.
using the train station allows me to map and track our stories such as:
WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier
Thank you for creating this blog. I have my students create a family project and one of the components is comparing their life to their great grandparents or great great grandparents using primary documents. This will be one of my future resources. Thanks again!
My son Jeffrey and
My father was injured on that day in 1917.My son Jeffrey wanted to see where his grandfather was injured in 1917, so we flew to Belgium to I attend the New Zealand 90th commemoration of the Messines battle 7th June 1917 where the New Zealanders took prominent part.
We are very grateful that you are publishing the diary for it gives flesh to the histories and correct the myth that it was a glorious war. we lost in the war 40 % of our menfolk between the ages of 18 and 24.
Congratulations and thanks.
Eugene.
One of my relatives died in 1914 in France. His name is on a monument in his home village, the village whence my ancestors came to America in 1855. His name was Ludwig Sack, from Arzberg in Oberfranken. Judging by the number of names on the monument and the population at the time nearly every young man from Arzberg died in Flanders...Choose your politicians well...they are as dangerous as any plague.
our class is learning about WW1 and how it was.
was he living in the trenches the whole time?
this is a wonderful website
aamazing how you kept these letters all these years.
we are learning about this at school.
he really spent all those days in a trench!?
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