YOUR RESPONSES

Eric Charles Frankland Bell - November '05
I was very pleased to read of my Uncle and to know that his medal has been returned to The Museum at Enniskillen Castle. He had two brothers and a sister : Haldane, my father who went to Australia, Alan whom I have not been able to locate, and Renee who emigrated to New Zealand after WW1. Renee's family presumably were the keepers of the VC and agreed to have it sent to Ireland

Also I would appreciate hearing about the New Zealand family and some detail of how the return of the Medal was accomplished. Thank you.

Tracey Coulton - March 05
my grandmother, Mary Burns, came over to Liverpool from Ireland early 1900's. She worked in service for a Captain Bell. He lived in or around by Seaforth Barracks. She used to tell my mother about how she loved going in the horse and carriage to church of a sunday with them. Just wondering could there be any relation between this Captain Bell and my grandma's.?

I also had a ggrandfather who died at the Battle of the Somme,
Private WILLIAM EDWARD ANDREW
13th Bn, The Kings (Liverpool Regiment)
DIED Friday 14th July 1916
buried at THIEPVAL SOMME FRANCE

Felix Collins - August 2004
I hope this doesn't sound churlish, but on reading the above article I could not but think of my own uncle's contribution to the obscene carnage that was the First World War.
He also was killed on the Somme and his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
When his mother recieved the news that her son was missing presumed dead, she wandered the streets for days begging her God to find her son.
We are all, I beleive, given the right circumstances, capable of being brave, cowardly, stupid or any of the multitude of human emotions.