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My Grandads Uncle was in the 10th Battalion during WW1. I believe this was one of the pals brigades. I often wonder what went through his head as he was in his 30s, with two small children, when he enlisted. He died at the battle of the Somme just about has his 3rd Child was born.
It has been interesting looking at all the photos. My 4th great grandfather Thomas Mansell was listed as having a property on Union Street and Bull street. He was a shoemaker. He was listed as living at 94 Bull Street from sometime in the 1830s until his death in 1865 when it appears husband...