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  • A Son of Lynn: Marine David Howard
  • Herbert Crook: The Last Post
  • Letters From Home: My Dear Boy Fred
  • Uncle Bert: A Boy Soldier In A Forgotten Army
  • Yves Clément Marie: A French Connection
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  • Uncle Walter: Honorary Scotsman
  • Brothers in Arms
  • Uncle Syd: The First to Fall
  • “Time will not dim the glory of their deeds”
  • A Final Resting Place
  • Family History Rewritten: Unanswered Questions
  • Finding Their Way Home
  • Who Do You Think You Are?
  • The Other Side of the Street
  • Counting the Cost
  • Putting The Record Straight
  • “See You At Breakfast”
  • Faded Memory
  • Lockdown Railway Walks
  • A Pain That Lasts A Lifetime
  • The Diaries of Stan Brzeski
  • Love through Fire: Za wolność Naszą i Waszą
  • Jack Pearce: “A glimpse of Heaven”
  • The Last Harvest
  • Re-thinking Grandad B
  • Shadows of The Mighty Eighth
  • Herbert Crook: Lost in the desert
  • Mary Crook: A Casualty of War
  • The secrets of George Burlingham
  • A Soldiers Heart: The tale of William Hinnells
  • Grandad ‘B’: Enigma and Hero
  • Harry Crook MM & Passchendaele 100
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Love through Fire: Za wolność Naszą i Waszą

Posted on Jul 23, 2019Apr 1, 2021 by Farmboys & Pioneers

"For our freedom and yours"

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Jack Pearce: “A glimpse of Heaven”

Posted on Jan 29, 2019Oct 18, 2023 by Farmboys & Pioneers

Per Ignem Vincimus

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The Last Harvest

Posted on Dec 31, 2018Nov 25, 2025 by Farmboys & Pioneers

A hidden history of a family at war

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Re-thinking Grandad B

Posted on Nov 28, 2018Sep 16, 2025 by Farmboys & Pioneers

Another look at an old story

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Shadows of The Mighty Eighth

Posted on Nov 17, 2018Nov 6, 2024 by Farmboys & Pioneers

Shadows carved in stone

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