Reaching Lifelong Goals

I stumbled upon one of the most wonderful history blogs the other day.  WW1 Experiences of an English Soldier Being a history major, specializing in the Great War, I was drawn to this “real time” account of Private Harry Lamin from England.   This blog is written by Harry’s grandson and is taken from his letters home about his experiences in the trenches of WW1.   The blog has been around for a couple of years.  The letters home are very descriptive of his life as a British soldier.   The blogger printed the letters exactly 90 years after they were written on the actual days of the letters.   You follow Harry from his training through his wartime experiences on the western front.   I have been catching up on them as I got into this blog late.   Harry has quite a following out there in Internet Land.   People wait with bated breath for each new post as the letters home “arrive”.   This blog is very popular and has made the national news in England.   Harry Lamin was born in 1887 in the midlands of England and in 1917 at the age of 29 he joined up to fight in the Great War.   His letters home were mainly to his brother and sister.   They are reprinted just as they were received, grammar errors and all.   The blogger does give some context information to help with historical matters.    I have been enjoying reading these accounts and highly recommend this blog even if you are not a student of history. Harry even has a Facebook page of his own!!   The great-grand daughter of Harry has posted a page to follow on Facebook.   Harry is one of my Facebook friends!   Through this blog, the man’s life in the trenches of WW1 becomes real time, 90 years after the fact.   I feel this is one of the greatest ideas for a blog about WW1 I have found on the Internet.   The letters have also been published into a book that was available on Amazon a couple of years ago as well.    I have a communication with “Harry” to see if the book is still available.   I will update this post with more info as it becomes available.

Maybe I’m just a “History Geek”, but I felt compelled to post about this wonderful blog.   I will continue to follow Harry’s experiences and keep you all updated as I catch up with him.   Study of the History of WW1 is becoming more popular and I have found a great many wonderful websites available.