Tag Archives: Somme

Remembrance

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Harry Nicholson

Armistice Day – we forgot to stand still for two minutes at 11 oclock (the house had been invaded by queen wasps from under the floor – I was stung). My dad was wounded on the Somme and I try … Continue reading →

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War Horse

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Harry Nicholson

I’m half-way through Morpurgo’s ‘War Horse’. How easily I was coaxed into taking the pov of a horse! At times I’ve been damp eyed. My dad drove similar artillery horses on the Somme – fortunately for both of us he … Continue reading →

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Remembrance Sunday

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Harry Nicholson

Today, I watched the ceremony at the Cenotaph in London. I remembered my dad who went to war on a horse. He was at the Second Battle of Ypres, and then wounded in 1916 by a German shell during the … Continue reading →

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