Four newly researched stories from WW1Lives.
In this latest update, we are pleased to share four newly researched profiles. Each story offers another glimpse into the lives of the men and women whose experiences form part of the wider history of the First World War.
Herbert Joseph Jacques
The Cycling Stockbroker
Norfolk Regiment (Cyclist Battalion)
Herbert Jacques served on home defence duties during the First World War, but ill health brought his military career to an early end. Just months after his discharge, his life was to take a tragic and unexpected turn.
Alfred Campbell
From Aberdeenshire to Canada
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Born in Aberdeenshire, Alfred Campbell worked in banking before emigrating to Canada in 1913. When war came, he enlisted in the Canadian forces and returned across the Atlantic, determined to play his part in the conflict.
Cecil Thomas Foister
“He Could Always Be Trusted“
8th Leicestershire Regiment
Cecil Foister enlisted soon after the outbreak of war and rose from Private to Acting Corporal. A trusted and respected NCO, he disappeared during the fierce fighting of 3 May 1917, leaving his family hoping that he had survived as a prisoner of war.
Charles Innes Giles
Under Fire for 48 Hours
20th Canadian Infantry
Thomas Boland’s early life took an unusual course through HMS Mars in the Firth of Tay before he went on to serve with the Royal Naval Reserve.
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