Leo Sidebottom, a clerk in a Birmingham Factory went to war in 1915. This book is a collection of his postcards to his new wife from the trenches of France during the Great War. The images and messages will give you an experience of life in the war which changed the world. It starts with a week from his diary when he gets engaged, enlists, gets married and leaves for war with the Royal Engineers. He talks of the Politics, the topics of the day and the "rumours." With over 200 postcards depicting scenes of the devastation this book will transport you back to a different world.

Leo Sidebottom, a clerk in a Birmingham Factory went to war in 1915. This book is a collection of his postcards to his new wife from the trenches of France during the Great War. The images and messages will give you an experience of life in the war which changed the world. It starts with a week from his diary when he gets engaged, enlists, gets married and leaves for war with the Royal Engineers. He talks of the Politics, the topics of the day and the "rumours." With over 200 postcards depicting scenes of the devastation this book will transport you back to a different world.