This image is the cover for the book Laindon in the Great War, Your Towns & Cities in the Great War

Laindon in the Great War, Your Towns & Cities in the Great War

A brief history of how the people of Laindon and district coped with the problems of the First World War Throughout the book are individual family memories, over 100 photographs and appropriate oems mostly written at the time. Indication of why Britain went to war Insight into the role of the local Explosive factories. Individual stories of those who applied for exemption and the hysteria of suspected spies. The role played by our Women Folk Culminating in individual stories of our men folk who went to war on our behalf.

Ken Porter, Stephen Wynn

After meeting only a few years ago while researching a local PoW camp that they were individually writing about, Ken and Stephen have since collaborated on several books. Ken is a well-respected local historian who has spent many years writing about and giving talks on Laindon and Langdon Hills, whilst Stephen had his first book, Two Sons in a War Zone: Afghanistan: The True Story of a Fathers Conflict, published in 2010. It is his personal account of his sons serving in Afghanistan. Both Ken and Stephen had grandparents who served in and survived the Great War.

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