tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post370587136063488036..comments2023-06-05T16:00:41.868+01:00Comments on WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier: Letter to Jack, April 22nd 1918Pte Harry Laminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673086195442900581noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-78470458094597815092008-05-02T13:07:00.000+01:002008-05-02T13:07:00.000+01:00Brill site And great picsBrill site And great pics.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15520890207450030210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-14870091047328896012008-04-28T16:34:00.000+01:002008-04-28T16:34:00.000+01:00It's interesting how much operational detail he's ...It's interesting how much operational detail he's allowed to put in his letters - I have the impression some of the things he says about where he is would have been heavily censored in WW2.Autolycushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17642868944400656922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-27936024952708365762008-04-25T10:29:00.000+01:002008-04-25T10:29:00.000+01:00The reference to Zeppelin raids is worth noting; s...The reference to Zeppelin raids is worth noting; something we give little thought to, since the bombing raids of WWI were overshadowed by those of WWII. But probably, the raids were more unnerving in the Great War because the public had never been exposed to danger like that before.<BR/>Chin up Harry, we're all keen to see you safe home.Kittybritonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220277401017282618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-14662893951956505282008-04-24T21:43:00.000+01:002008-04-24T21:43:00.000+01:00I am having to follow these letters for school. I ...I am having to follow these letters for school. I am in my final year and this does seem to fit in well with what we have to do. What i really want to point out is that someone left a comment that said "this is his best letter yet"... yeah well none of this should be anyones best letters and what sickens me about your website is that it seems like a game that we have to follow, and most of the people in these letters seem really stupid - though i imagine this can not be helped, the letters seem dull; i would imagine that they would be published in a book as well if any of them had any value besides dates in the war and what the common working man and the people who surround them say. I am sorry if the tone of this is unacceptable for some people but these events should never be paraded as if it were a game and none of these events should ever be seen as anything other than the disturbing events that they are . also nothing related to the war after 1916 should ever have been seen as anything but a hopeless attempt into saving the world. I hate this blog and if you had any decency about you, you would not tell with such high zest the old lie: Dulce et decorum est, Pro patria mori and you would not have made the blog look like someones room in the early 20th century - it is a false representation of what you are portraying - i just think that the person behind the first comment should appologise for saying something so ignorant. This particular letter is heart touching in the content but it is not the "best" letter yet, it is yet another example of hardship during the war.Popehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14230777372292287957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-207811541125978362008-04-24T01:35:00.000+01:002008-04-24T01:35:00.000+01:00April 25th is ANZAC day in Australia and New Zeala...April 25th is ANZAC day in Australia and New Zealand. (ANZAC = Australia and New Zealand Army Corps). The day, aka Poppy Day, commemorates the landing of the ANZACs at Gallipoli, Turkey, on 25 April 1915.<BR/><BR/>It was the first major military action for the ANZAC troops. The plan was to capture Istanbul, and knock Turkey out of the war. The campaign ended up taking eight months before the ANZACs were evacuated, having lost 10000 soldiers.<BR/><BR/>You read more at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANZAC_Day<BR/><BR/>It is a day of remembrance and reflection for Australia and New Zealand, and I thought I'd mention it here as this blog provides an excellent insight into what was a very hard time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-82030859670056352982008-04-21T23:13:00.000+01:002008-04-21T23:13:00.000+01:00Well done Harry, I was getting a bit worried, with...Well done Harry, I was getting a bit worried, with such a long time since his last letter. What a fascinating snapshot of the times this letter is, though. A mention of the zeppelins attacking england, progress of the war in france etc. Sad to hear that Harry's father has died, it's sad to think of him out there, at what must have in those days seemed an impossibly remote distance from his family. Looks like it's been a tough time as well, let's hope things get better for Harry, still, at least it's better than where he was before, eh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-42176839816811854692008-04-21T20:50:00.000+01:002008-04-21T20:50:00.000+01:00Oh Harry! He sounds tired and frustrated (the weat...Oh Harry! He sounds tired and frustrated (the weather and the continual trench warfare), lonely ('write to me soon! Your letters mean so much'), and sorrowful (his dad dying, with Harry not getting a chance to say goodbye). But there's also a glimpse of what I think of as the essential upbeat Harry: 'we see fine sights, a nice place for a holiday'. It's rough out there on the front, but Harry always seems determined not to drag down the folks at home. Take care of yourself, we're all praying for you Harry!<BR/><BR/>-Gustav's great-granddaughterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-18033524687360542922008-04-21T12:50:00.000+01:002008-04-21T12:50:00.000+01:00This letter really encapsulates the experience of ...This letter really encapsulates the experience of the war for so many men--out there for 12 months without much contact with family, his father died without his knowing or being able to go to the funeral, the weather extremes and the inability to feel there would be an end.....I feel more for Harry here than I have before. This may be his best letter yet.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09581669981061912584noreply@blogger.com