Annie Johnson has generously sent me excerpts from family
WW1 letters that mention certain soldiers from the village. This is exactly the
sort of detail that adds colour to what can seem a very bald account of
someone’s experiences, and I am very grateful to her. If anybody else has
letters or family anecdotes that they’d be willing to share, I would love to
hear from them too.
There’s a list of servicemen I’ve
identified up till now on the website.
However there will be many not listed, largely because their military
records were among those that were lost in WW2 bombing raids. If there were
soldiers in your family you would like to be added to the list, please tell me.
The next family group to be uploaded to the website will be the Chambers family.
Sun 24 Aug (2 to 5pm), WW1
Commemoration, Cottingham Village Hall Annexe.
An event is being organised in
the village to commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War I. If you would
like to get involved, or if you have any information or memorabilia from the
era, please contact Joanne Leaning on joanne.leaning@btinternet.com , telephone
01536 770913.
