tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174929485671993677.post4824125078632114552..comments2024-02-27T10:59:06.623+00:00Comments on A Barnsley Historian's View: WW1 Soldiers' Stories - the Lovelands from BarnsleyBarnsleyHistorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706725823398288376noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174929485671993677.post-1793493564252252572014-08-29T14:09:06.322+01:002014-08-29T14:09:06.322+01:00Yes it is! You can even get it as an e-book for £4...Yes it is! You can even get it as an e-book for £4.99<br /><br />http://wharncliffebooks.co.uk/Barnsley-Pals-Hardback/p/1586BarnsleyHistorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17706725823398288376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174929485671993677.post-89333115058660177392014-08-29T14:06:44.695+01:002014-08-29T14:06:44.695+01:00Thanks, Linda. I'll check with my father, but ...Thanks, Linda. I'll check with my father, but I don't think so (I believe that my grandmother destroyed everything after my grandfather died). Do you know if the book you mention, "Barnsley Pals", is still in print?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10353706772538421274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174929485671993677.post-24887293243017072352014-08-29T13:09:17.886+01:002014-08-29T13:09:17.886+01:00Thank you for this Andrew. Do you have any family...Thank you for this Andrew. Do you have any family photos, letters, medals or anything from WW1? There's a site called Lives of the First World War which lets you upload stories and images about your WW1 ancestor (for free) so that he will be remembered for years to come.<br />This is Joseph's page: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/2707581 <br />Thanks for getting in touch,<br />LindaBarnsleyHistorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17706725823398288376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174929485671993677.post-8732480298969188782014-08-29T12:03:41.889+01:002014-08-29T12:03:41.889+01:00This is a really interesting article, thanks. I th...This is a really interesting article, thanks. I think the Joseph Loveland you mention is my paternal grandfather. He ended up in Birmingham, married my grandmother (whose own father was killed at the battle of the Somme tow days after she was born) in the 1930s, and had two sons, Peter (my father) and James (Jim, who passed away a few years ago). Jim had two sons of his own and I have two other siblings (an older brother and younger sister). According to my father, Joseph was a sniper and in the regimental band (he played the cornet, I believe). He went over the top at the Somme, as you thought, and, towards the end of the war, was charged with putting the regimental band back together for the coming victory marches through Germany (to do this they had to go through a rather macabre process; a call went out to the ranks for musicians and any who came forward had to audition knowing that success would take them off the front line, and failure would send them back in to danger). Apparently, he didn't talk much about his war experiences until very late in his life - though mostly physically unharmed, I think he was psychologically damaged by his experiences (like many, if not most, who survived, I suppose). He died in the late 1960s when my father was teaching in Kenya.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10353706772538421274noreply@blogger.com