Great Uncle George, aged 21 when he died, was at Gallipoli where he served as a medical orderly in the 1st/2nd East Anglian Field Ambulance, RAMC.  He was shot and killed by a sniper while attempting to carry a wounded man on his back off the battlefield.  He is commorated at the Helles Memorial.  I have moved your poppy from Turkey to Bunwell, Norfolk - your family's home - welcome back Great Uncle George.  George's sister Florence married my paternal Grandad Elijah James.  Elijah served on the Western Front at several battles including Arras and Passchendale. He received a severe shrapnel wound to the stomach but survived the War.  My  maternal Grandad Charles Carver also served in France where his thumb was blown off - I have always wondered if this was a self inflicted Blighty wound.  I was told he was actually too young to enlist and may have struggled - like so many others - with what he had to endure and so did what it took to get home.  He too survived the War. I honour the memory of all my family who served in the Great War.

Annette James