ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ian Ross writes: “I think I am like a lot of people who had a lot of questions relating to family stories and relatives we remember meeting when young! I found many people involved in WW1 and WW2 hence my spending a lot of time on the military research.” www.family-tree.co.uk AUGUST 2023 63
Many years later when I started to research our family tree, I was determined to establish the story behind this box in the loft, but was not expecting all the facts I uncovered! These showed not only the sheer horror of the war, but also the long-term effects on the lives of the survivors.