Family photograph of Bertie Batchelor, June 1917, in his uniform of the Royal West Kent Regiment Perviously, in Bertie, Tracing a First World War Solider, I pieced together the story of Bertie's enlistment and his time with the 2/8th Manchesters in 1917. By looking at the Regiment's war diaries, I discovered the circumstances that had…
by Ernest William Bullock 1893-1978 Introduction Nowadays, childhood lasts a long time with children remaining dependant on their parents, sometimes into adulthood, as they take advantage of educational opportunities. But during the Edwardian era, most children left school much earlier and went into the world of work to earn their keep. This was certainly the…
Ernest William Bullock (1893-1978) Introduction Previously, in A Wiltshire Childhood, I shared my Granddad's reminiscences of growing up as a small child in the 1890s in Marlborough, Wiltshire. The story moves on, as some time between May 1898 and April 1901, when the census was taken, my Granddad, Ernest William Bullock, and his family, left…
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