Census record || || The awarding of his Military Cross was marked, by the men under his command, by the presentation of a tankard with an inscription || Tankard || || Stain glass window || 54.0880744,-1.758361100000002 || After WW2, the family paid for and dedicated a stained glass window in St Chad’s church, Middlesmoor in Yorkshire, with the following inscription: In remembrance of Hesketh Adair Ramsden, loved husband of Joan and father of Susan, Judith, and Jonathan. 1899-1940 signed by Leonard Walker 1946 - Captain Ramsden was killed in action in Norway on April 23rd 1940. || Other || Remembrance

I have attached the diary and two pictures of Fred. I also attach a number of letters written at the time to Fred's sister and his girlfriend/wife. It is rather confusing because they are both called Ethel! Actually one was Elizabeth but she was also known as Ethel. || My grandad, Frederick Charles Rawlings, was born on 15th December 1892 in Southwark, London. He was one of the millions caught up in the First World War. I remember, as a child, the stories he told about when he was in France. He was a driver but when the British Army was running out of canon fodder, he was sent to train for the front line in the Bull Ring. I have no idea where that was but he refers to it in his diary, which I have. On his way to the front line he was gassed and taken to hospital in Blighty. You can read the trauma he went through when he was told that he was being sent back to the front line and the sheer relief when he was subsequently told that he was being sent home after all. The diary was written in pencil and is very small so I have enlarged it when I scanned it in. I can also attach photos of my grandfather as well as letters to and from home. During the war his brother, William, (born 12th November 1891) was killed. I understand that he was mounted on a front horse of a carriage team pulling a gun when he was struck by shrapnel, which killed him. My mother, who is 86, still has the bent silver cigarette case that he had on him when he was hit. Hence references to Poor old Will.

Letter written by the nursing sister of the wrd in the hospital in Alexandria. Photograph of 2 people: Mu uncle Robert Henry Wilson is on the left; the other person is unknown to me. || My uncle Robert Henry Wilson was the eldest of 14 children who joined the Enniskillen Fusilliers at aged 16 and was wounded at Gallipoli. He was evacuated to a hospital in Alexandria, Egypt where he died and was buried there. He died on the 30 October in 1915 I think although I am not sure of this. || || Alexandria || Letter to the mother of Robert Wilson after this death in Egypt, from hospital nurse || African Wars