#WW1

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Thanks for dropping in! Feel free to scroll down the posts below and discover the intriguing - sometimes shocking - discoveries I've made as I've explored my family history.

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Wendy Percival

Dec 6, 2018
2 min

Mrs McDougall & the legacy of #WW1

I wrote recently about a WW1 legacy within my own family - the injuries my great uncle Tom sustained which dogged him for the rest of his...

Wendy Percival

Nov 7, 2018
2 min

Remembering - two of my WW1 ancestors

Researching our WW1 ancestors can be fascinating and frustrating in equal measure, given so many military records were lost during WW2...

Wendy Percival

May 25, 2018
1 min

Poor old George

I'd always known the story of my great uncle Tom, (Thomas Diggory) and the disabling leg wound he'd received during WW1, in March 1917....