tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post7856548871361473921..comments2024-03-26T03:11:42.678-04:00Comments on Behind Their Lines: Mothers of WarConnie R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-27413979125559176272017-11-10T19:50:54.163-05:002017-11-10T19:50:54.163-05:00Dear Chris,
Your grandmother sounds like a very sp...Dear Chris,<br />Your grandmother sounds like a very special woman -- what courage and strength. Have you ever shared on social media a photo of your grandfather? It would be lovely to see his face and remember him. Connie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-22817105826762790332017-11-10T09:14:51.064-05:002017-11-10T09:14:51.064-05:00Dear Connie,
My grandma (& godmother) was one....Dear Connie,<br />My grandma (& godmother) was one. The mum of five children, she lost her husband, whose pic is a prized possession here near me in my study, to what we've got to know as 'friendly fire' since then. According to my grandad's death certificate, he 'died' aged 41 'at 8 a.m.' along the roadside in the 'uninhabited village of L.' in late May 1918. <br />He was doing road repair work as part of a crew of forced labour (under German command) when an English aviator dropped the deadly shrapnel. From what I heard he literally bled to death on the doorstep of their workman's cottage. <br />My gran was left without an income; her eldest daughters went to 'serve' at the homes of the well-to-do, which must have kept them going somehow.<br />In her long life - she reached the age of 95, surviving her dead husband by 57 years - I've never heard so much as one complaint about the life and love and company she must have missed so dearly. c.spriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03362112445796023444noreply@blogger.com