All pictures courtesy of Bert's daughter Mary .
BALDWIN BROTHERS
| Three Brothers that all served in the first world war.
Percy Baldwin served with the Royal Norfolk Regt. Cyril
Baldwin with the Hertfordshire &
Bedfordshire Regt. And Burton ( Bert ) Baldwin, serving
with the Saddler Transport Royal Norfolk Regt. All three
lads survivors of the war, Percy moved away to Wiltshire,
while Cyril and and Bert worked on the estate in
Merton gardens, supplying vegetables and flowers for
Merton Hall. All pictures courtesy of Bert's daughter Mary . |
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| June 1916 Pte. Percy
Baldwin, Writes after a
long silence, " I am sorry not to have written before. We
have had a rough time of it lately. We only came out of the
trenches on the night of the 11th after a sojourn there of 21
days. The position we hold at the moment is very important one,
which has been the scene of many a hard fight by the French". November 1916, Pte. Percy Baldwin, Who was wounded in August, writes, " I have to go before a medical board to see if I shall be fit for active service, but I fear I have a stiff leg for good. Thank you for sending the postal order.. I wonder why some people said we were better off than them, when Mr Walter Nunn asked them to give a bob.. Our pay is about a shilling a day, and for this we offer our lives, while up here the men are earning in munitions works from £5 to £20 a week". |
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