December 1918 Cecil Crocker steps down from a steam train carriage, places a foot on the platform of Brandon railway station and feels he is…
Chronicles of Brandon at War #63
November 1918 Saturday 9th November 1918. According to the ‘Thetford & Watton Times’, Germany has asked for an armistice and our Prime Minister, Mr Lloyd George,…
Chronicles of Brandon at War #62
October 1918 Herbert Docking’s war experience was a thoroughly miserable one, which began when he enlisted in 1915. He would have volunteered for the army…
Chronicles of Brandon at War #61
September 1918 Of course, no one knew the end of war was just two months away. The war machine still ran on like a runaway…
Chronicles of Brandon at War #60
August 1918 Like a book being constantly written, life has many chapters containing both good times and times best forgotten. Only when the final chapter…
Chronicles of Brandon at War #59
July 1918 In July 1918, Brandon saw the unveiling of a ground-breaking building, one like no other before it. However, before I take you to…
Chronicles of Brandon at War #58
June 1918 Out in ‘No Man’s Land’ sit five motionless tanks – two British and three German. Inside one of the British tanks sits Frank…
Chronicles of Brandon at War #57
May 1918 In 1914, when war was declared, many lads, caught up in the patriotic fervour, volunteered to go off and fight. Some went looking…
Chronicles of Brandon at War #56
April 1918 If it were not for horses, ploughs would not turn over the farmer’s soil, heavy timber drugs would not take wood to the…
Chronicles of Brandon at War #55
March 1918 When William Westlake left school, he did a bit of labouring for the local blacksmith, but decided a career in the army was…