tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post2114271418304056652..comments2023-06-05T16:00:41.868+01:00Comments on WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier: Letters to Kate & Jack 28th February 1919Pte Harry Laminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673086195442900581noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-63527688520575879532009-03-17T12:04:00.000+00:002009-03-17T12:04:00.000+00:00This is really fascinating reading about how someo...This is really fascinating reading about how someone felt in the past.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-11772629143698518032009-03-06T14:27:00.000+00:002009-03-06T14:27:00.000+00:00The soldiers' disappointment can be very dangerous...The soldiers' disappointment can be very dangerous in a not so established democracy like Italy was (and I think is): Italian soldiers of the the great War were the most enthusiastic supporters of the first Fascism, after the false promises given during the war as land to till, job to find, pension to receive and so on.....<BR/>Many soldiers, after the return, did not find even their wifes, thanks to the draft dodgers fighting in the well warmed offices of the war burocracy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-21444593176722581752009-03-05T18:14:00.000+00:002009-03-05T18:14:00.000+00:00Poor Harry. He's really frustrated but what would ...Poor Harry. He's really frustrated but what would he be coming home to? Unemployment probably. I didn't realise 'all over the shop' was such an old phrase.<BR/><BR/><BR/>JackieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-48596604029226365372009-03-05T16:36:00.000+00:002009-03-05T16:36:00.000+00:00Yep, he sure does sound frustrated, and justifiabl...Yep, he sure does sound frustrated, and justifiably so! Four months since the end of the war, and he's STILL in Italy, STILL doesn't know when he'll get to see his home and family, and, I'd say, he's getting really worried if there'll be a decent job for him whenever he DOES get home.<BR/><BR/>Poor Harry may be physically rested by now, but he's mentally exhausted. It's one thing to endure hardships as part of the group during a war, but it's quite another to be left behind like Harry must feel he has been, watching the lucky ones go home while he's 'forgotten' by the high command.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-84738963096625998652009-03-02T09:06:00.001+00:002009-03-02T09:06:00.001+00:00There was an intersting TV program on where they t...There was an intersting TV program on where they traced someones family. He was a soldier in WW1 and died just after the war from the Flu epedemic.<BR/>I think little does Harry know it, but he is better of where he is at the moment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-23380457544264005852009-03-01T02:43:00.000+00:002009-03-01T02:43:00.000+00:00"two years in the trenches without a break" - didn..."two years in the trenches without a break" - didn't he get leave sometime last year?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-23282933090829192852009-03-01T02:17:00.000+00:002009-03-01T02:17:00.000+00:00What a caper! Three months since the armistice and...What a caper! Three months since the armistice and still no word about getting demobed. I'm curious about the mention of breaking up the divn. Does this mean you might get sent home? or just organized into another bit of H.M. Forces? Still, I am immensely grateful that the fighting is over and you are out of the heat (even if you are still in the kitchen!), and I doubt very much the hun will be in a fit state to make any more trouble for a good long while.Kittybritonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220277401017282618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-24764770684098101812009-02-28T15:16:00.000+00:002009-02-28T15:16:00.000+00:00Hello Harry:Just to let you know I have recieved y...Hello Harry:<BR/>Just to let you know I have recieved you letter. Can't blame you in the cooking line as I was too glad to be rid of the job when they made me Mess Sgt. for a time on the Border. Only good thing about it is being where the food is. Stop by for a read when you can. We're properly in the mix now, just as you are (HA). Keep your chin up.<BR/><BR/>SamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-53650991076776784522009-02-27T14:10:00.000+00:002009-02-27T14:10:00.000+00:00Technically 5 shillings in 1919 would be 60d, but ...Technically 5 shillings in 1919 would be 60d, but that's not terribly important.<BR/><BR/>Hope Harry gets home soon!Bacon Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00191375793569727062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-30385138296756560622009-02-27T13:18:00.000+00:002009-02-27T13:18:00.000+00:00I wonder what kind of work he was doing that kept ...I wonder what kind of work he was doing that kept him on the go all day---was he having to do all the food prep, kitchen cleaning, etc as well as cooking? He says he's cooking for 8 so that wouldn't be a huge number yet it sounds like they worked him hard. You'd think they'd cut these guys some slack considering what they'd just survived.MarcyThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12426961616369633959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-83723048051614406262009-02-27T08:35:00.000+00:002009-02-27T08:35:00.000+00:00Poor Harry. He must feel like a prisoner of war. B...Poor Harry. He must feel like a prisoner of war. But the economic situation at home must be discouraging, too, writing to the factory and getting no response. Maybe he'll learn to cook as he waits. I am so glad to hear from him. It's been so long.Janellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12018811755496508540noreply@blogger.com