John Frederick Griffin

[T4bsF]

That sounds feasible - you're probably right.  All the battles featured in dramas or books, always seem to be about the Somme or Dunkirk.  I haven't read any yet that cover the very first 6-8 weeks of the war.  Do you know of any that might be interesting?

[jim1]

Read about Mons.
Pre trench warfare. The grandfather of a friend was in the 1st. Cheshires & ended up fighting behind a bale of hay in a cornfield.
3 Batts. were left behind to fight a rearguard action against 5 German divs.
They suffered 80% casualties.

[millymcb]

There is an excellent series of books about the Great War by Lyn MacDonald
www.goodreads.com/author/show/24474.Lyn_Macdonald

The first book is 1914: Days of Hope: "an account of the first few months of the Great War, from the build-up of the fighting to the first Battle of Ypres"

Others in the series include They called it Passchendaele,  Somme,  and The Roses of No Man's Land

They are an amazing mix of original letters, diaries, interviews and other observations. 

Milly

[T4bsF]

Thanks Milly - I've downloaded that book - it looks really interesting.

[millymcb]

The whole series is.  My favourite is "They called it Passchendaele" which reduced me to tears.

Milly