A Bradford Pal
A Bradford Pal
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Contains previously unpublished material. An interesting story which, through the eyes of an ordinary soldier, touches on much of the Great War's major events, embracing the unusual circumstances of marriage to a French girl while the war still raged and leading into post-war work in France with the Imperial War Graves Commission. A family history of an individual soldier written by his surviving son.
About the Author
About the Author
John Broadhead was born in 1945 and brought up in Batley. He attended Batley Grammar School and aft er joining the Ministry of Defence in 1963 took a First Class degree in Modern European History with the Open University. He served in NorthernIreland, Hong Kong, the Middle East and spent most of his later career as a senior civil servant in Whitehall. His keen interest in military history was infl uenced by his father’s service with the Bradford Pals. On retirement he has been researching the eventsrecorded in his father’s diary and retracing those footsteps on the battlefi elds of France.
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