Publications
Letters from the Front in 1917, by Susan C. Djabri, published December 2014 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 4, article, pp.185-190) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508854]
Preview:I have some unpublished memoirs and a number of letters from my uncle, Norman WELTON, to my mother Marian - his younger sister - telling of his experiences at the Front during the First World War. Though many of the letters are written in a light-hearted tone, they reveal a good deal about the conditions in which the soldiers lived, the terror of heavy shelling and my uncle's feelings about his friend, Charles TREGLOWN, who had been killed. There is also a vivid account of his experiences in combat, as part of General Sandeman Carey's 'force', hastily assembled to plug a gap in the line in March 1918. Norman was posted to Sussex when the war ended. I have added some notes on useful websites that can be used to find further information about the First World War.