tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post7365831447819273256..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: This day in 1916 - by Katherine LangrishMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-7462290952182937412016-11-23T12:28:46.082+00:002016-11-23T12:28:46.082+00:00It is a few days over 100 years since the Battle o...It is a few days over 100 years since the Battle of the Somme ended. It is some 40 years since I first 'met' Lewis in print and, as a pilot myself, this has a particular resonance for me.<br />Katherine, I don't wish to seem 'picky'but I'm going to be; Lewis was born in March 1898 so on the first day of the Somme battle he was 18years and 3 months old and had joined the RFC in the spring of 1915.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17739471660604547086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-16574512387595445312014-07-04T10:54:17.477+01:002014-07-04T10:54:17.477+01:00Gosh, what writing, and what a moment caught.
Gosh, what writing, and what a moment caught.<br />Clare Mulleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11592100764046914574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-69247957612752134102014-07-04T10:28:19.687+01:002014-07-04T10:28:19.687+01:00The battle of the Somme was 1916! This time 100 ye...The battle of the Somme was 1916! This time 100 years ago, the Great War had not yet started....<br />But a wonderful post and most interesting...a good commemoration!adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-6323411932271986372014-07-04T08:49:50.942+01:002014-07-04T08:49:50.942+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Carol Drinkwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05837854482139736944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-16832992449031145182014-07-04T08:49:48.495+01:002014-07-04T08:49:48.495+01:00I set my latest book for teenagers The Only Girl i...I set my latest book for teenagers The Only Girl in the World near Albert. It is so beautiful there on the water and all the way up to the coast, isn't it, Sue?<br />Carol Drinkwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05837854482139736944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-54436868249351758362014-07-04T08:32:12.122+01:002014-07-04T08:32:12.122+01:00A beautiful piece of writing. Have just been to th...A beautiful piece of writing. Have just been to the Somme, staying near Albert, so this has a particular resonance.Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-16112636923756813192014-07-04T08:13:12.547+01:002014-07-04T08:13:12.547+01:00God bless the bravery of all those far-too-young m...God bless the bravery of all those far-too-young men sent into that appalling war zone. Katherine, thank you for this marvellous piece of Lewis.Carol Drinkwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05837854482139736944noreply@blogger.com