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Death and Service – The Book

Okay, so this seems to be a thing now…

So, after a year of combining my love of photography with those of genealogy and social history, my first book (eek!) is now available to buy.

hose gravestones has a story connected to it, a story of family and of tragedy, a story of life on the battlefield and of love on the home front.

These were men and women from over sixty regiments, drawn to the cause from all corners of the Empire. They were wounded in battle or succumbed to disease, they were caught up in accidents or died at their own hands. These were soldiers of all ranks, age and class; brave pioneers of aviation; people seeking adventure on the high seas. Above all these were hopes, dreams and aspirations lost, cut tragically short for King and Country.

This book aims to shed light on the servicemen and women behind the names on these gravestones, to bring those long-forgotten names to life again, a century after they were lost.”

Available as an eBook and paperback, you can find it on Amazon by clicking on the image above.

Distance

Don’t take everything at face value.

Often there is more the to the story than meets the eye; hype is overrated.

Look beyond what you are being told.

Read between the lines and seek out that which you are not being told.

Believe you can find the truth, but not that you are being given it straight away.


Homeopathy

Ahead of this weekend’s Mass Observation post, a little bit of randomness I came across during a walk the other day.

Picture this: You’re walking along a rarely used country lane, the only things around you are field and the occasional farm building.

You see something out of the corner of your eye – a flash of colour in amongst the green vegetation.

It is a book.

Homeopathy for Babies and Children was either outgrown or dismissed as new age bunkum, something you’d only find in somewhere like Glastonbury…

Oh, wait…