When one thinks of a blog now-a-days generally one thinks of news or entertaining articles. But they were started as sort of an online diary. Well I just ran across a blog of a more classic sort. The relative of a English Soldier in the trenches of WWI has taken his grandfather’s letters and started posting them in sequence 90 years to the day they where originally written. Prepare to be sucked in, and experience the war to end all wars…
Harry Lamin was born in August 1887 in the East Midlands of England. In 1917, aged 29, he joined up to fight in the First World War.
During his time in the army, he wrote letters home to his brother and sister. They were kept and handed down to me, his grandson.
I have transcribed the letters and added commentary so that references can make sense.
What has been produced is a moving and poignant account of an ordinary man’s experiences in an extraordinary situation.
I have edited nothing. The spellings and grammar are exactly as Harry wrote them.
The intention of this blog is to publish the letters exactly 90 years after Harry wrote them. His first letter from the training camp was written on February 7th 1917. It will be published on the blog on February 7th 2007.
Each letter will appear on the correct date from then on. There are gaps where no letters are available for several weeks. I have no explanations. Maybe they were lost. I have no idea.
If you wish to find out Harry’s fate then you’ll have to access the blog as the new letters arrive. I may well indicate when the next contribution is due, especially if there is a significant gap.
I linked to the first post, I suggest you start there and click Newer Post to read them chronologically. This isn’t a scholars writings, but you’ll get it.
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