tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post1375798938032809798..comments2024-03-27T10:17:14.784+00:00Comments on Eclectic Ephemera: My Great War reads for the 100th anniversaryBruce Partington-Planshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11336280062885272950noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-64279780746582542602014-01-15T17:28:25.433+00:002014-01-15T17:28:25.433+00:00Sorry about the commenting problem, Mim! :( I hop...Sorry about the commenting problem, Mim! :( I hope it isn't Google mucking us about... If it's any consolation I did see both your comments so your first one is getting through. I do moderate comments so they might not appear straight away either. Thanks anyway for the book recommendation.<br /><br />I'm in the process of doing some renewed family history; I already knew what two of my great-grandfathers did in the Great War, but there is still so much to discover! My paternal grandmother's father was a machine-gunner in the trenches, wounded in the arm and invalided home. I did meet him once or twice as a toddler (pics exist) and I have vague memories of sitting on his knee.Bruce Partington-Planshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11336280062885272950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-36392280939345788162014-01-15T14:12:49.914+00:002014-01-15T14:12:49.914+00:00Gah, your blog eats my comments! 'Air of Battl...Gah, your blog eats my comments! 'Air of Battle' by Wing Commander William Fry is very good. <br /><br />My mum worked for him and his wife after leaving school, so I did actually meet a WWI flying ace... though I was very young and can only remember being bitten by a horse fly that day!Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-5482135585460402672014-01-15T14:11:11.791+00:002014-01-15T14:11:11.791+00:00I haven't got anything planned barring, of cou...I haven't got anything planned barring, of course, the remembering - I shall be very interested to read what people do for the anniversary.<br /><br />My mum's got a book, 'Air of Battle', by Wing Commander William Fry, which is interesting as it's autobiographical. She left school at 15 and went to work for him and his wife, and stayed in touch, so years later I did get to meet a World War 1 flying ace... but I was very young my only memory of the day is of being bitten by a horse fly!Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-66206293435588522542014-01-12T17:52:52.734+00:002014-01-12T17:52:52.734+00:00I do like my history and social history, the Rober...I do like my history and social history, the Robert Graves is very good.<br />Can't get enough of war time diaries either!LollyWilloweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05616800459266149659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-37097680548689429402014-01-12T10:57:16.796+00:002014-01-12T10:57:16.796+00:00Thanks Bill!
You've just reminded me of anoth...Thanks Bill!<br /><br />You've just reminded me of <b>another</b> of my books that I've overlooked. <i>The Zimmermann Telegram</i> by Barbara W. Tuchman is a fascinating story of the international intrigue and political machinations that brought the USA into the war in 1917. I would highly recommend it for anyone interested in the American aspect of the conflict. Bruce Partington-Planshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11336280062885272950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-8937064902916357832014-01-11T19:59:47.362+00:002014-01-11T19:59:47.362+00:00I look forward to your posts. I should get out of...I look forward to your posts. I should get out of my lazy condition and find a few books on WWI and read them. Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.com