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01-11-2017, 03:04 PM
Read this heart-wrenching diary of a WW1 soldier in real time
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LONDON — On Jan. 1, 1917, a young man from Lancashire started a diary. It might **t sound like much to write home about, but the 21-year-old — Lawrence Enderson Grimshaw — happened to be a soldier stationed in the trenches during World War I.*
One century on, the soldier's daily entries are being shared with the world as his step-grandson posts them online (https://soldieronthesomme1917.wordpress.com/) on the exact day they were written 100 years ago.*
SEE ALSO: Great Britain Darkens in Remembrance of World War I (http://mashable.com/2014/08/04/great-britain-lights-out/)
His step-grandson, Andy Howard, vows to post the diary entries on a blog in real-time every day for a year so others can get a sense of daily life at the Front.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/11/world-war-one-trenches-diary/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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LONDON — On Jan. 1, 1917, a young man from Lancashire started a diary. It might **t sound like much to write home about, but the 21-year-old — Lawrence Enderson Grimshaw — happened to be a soldier stationed in the trenches during World War I.*
One century on, the soldier's daily entries are being shared with the world as his step-grandson posts them online (https://soldieronthesomme1917.wordpress.com/) on the exact day they were written 100 years ago.*
SEE ALSO: Great Britain Darkens in Remembrance of World War I (http://mashable.com/2014/08/04/great-britain-lights-out/)
His step-grandson, Andy Howard, vows to post the diary entries on a blog in real-time every day for a year so others can get a sense of daily life at the Front.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/11/world-war-one-trenches-diary/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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