Back in November 2018, a close friend sent me a copy of his Grandad’s Journal from the 1st World War. It had been discovered by his cousin 100 years later. The reason my friend sent me the Journal was two-fold:
- He knew of my passion for all things related to WW1 and WW2.
- He knew I was a writer.
After reading the story two or three times I sensed that there was a real story crying out to be told. A one of heroism, courage and of the barbarity of life in the trenches during that time.
After gaining permission from the family, I have been working over the festive period, tinkering here and there, formatting, editing and adding some missing information.
This is now all complete and the Journal has been self-published on Amazon in the Kindle format under the title ‘From the Toon to the Trenches.’
The short story will be priced at 1.99p with all sales being donated to the British Legion.
For me, it as a wonderful read, sometimes shocking and occasionally humorous and I ask you all to have a look and share the word.
The link to buy from Amazon is:-
I am immensely proud to have been chosen to assist in the sharing of this forgotten Journal.
Craig Wrightson