Through extended family I was lucky enough to be given a snippet of WW1 seen through the eyes of a local man. On this day I feel it is a good time to share the first entry in the diary that have. 12466 Pte H.J Seager, Z607, 64th-bat-3rd Dorsets. July 12th 1915 Left England for the front today, Landed at Le Hareve, camped at Le Hareve for the night. Left Le Hareve at 4am next morning by train for Lundbres, arrived at Lundbres on the 14th and camped at an old paper mill, stayed in Lundbres for 3 days, then marched for 24hrs to a place called Arques. Then on Sunday the 18th we made camp at the Catholic Seloub. Stopped there till next morning, then left there at 4am on the Monday for a days march of 18miles to Stumwurh, then stayed there for 2 days, then another nights march for La Blythe, camped at farm there for a week. From there our regiment go into action for the first time in the trenches at St Eloi for 13 days Sorry if the names are wrong or misspelled but im trying to decipher from tiny hand written notes that are 99 years old. Ill continue this thread as time goes on. The picture shows Harold Seager, and some of the paper work that i am lucky enough to be sifting through to try and tell this heros story. I hope you enjoyed the first installment.
Posted on: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 20:45:28 +0000
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