After the great response from many people about my idea of a "Write Down Their Stories" campaign, I decided to get in touch with my uncle, who I haven't seen in over ten years to find out more about my Grandads war history during world war two.
What followed was a conversation that instantly fascinated me, I found that he served under general Montgomery's 8th Army in North Africa as a gunner. He played a part in the battle of El Al mane which was a pivotal turning point for the war and eventually went on to serve in Italy.
Then I found out that my Great Grandad "William Taylor" served in World War 1 at just the age of 14. He served in both Eyp and the battle of the Somme where he first looked after the war horses, before becoming a stretcher bearer.
Theses are just the bones of the story and it's going to be my task to find out more about these battles and places that they each visited because I just know that they will be both involved.
As well as stories, my uncle also had primary material which I was able to borrow and record and then experiment with the copies and photos, which I then created a piece of artwork to get an idea of this amazing piece of my families histories potential.
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| A few out of a handful of images of my Granddads War History |
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| My Great Grandads Service Medals from World War One |
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| My Great Service Medals from World War Two |
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| And this is the piece which I created using copies and photographs of this material |
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