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Horncastle’s Great War Book
A book encapsulating the exhibition
‘Horncastle’s Great War’
by Colin Gascoyne & Mary Silverton
In 2014 the Society, together with other groups from the town, held an exhibition to mark the beginning of the Great War. This involved a great deal of research into the lives of the men who were remembered on the memorials to the dead in the town and also the effect the war had on Horncastle. It was felt that this research should be used to write the above book as a permanent memorial to the men who died and the people of the town who lived through that period of history.
The book tells their stories and, we think, enhances the names on the memorials. It gives an insight into their personalities and their thoughts, and the kind of people they were. It also tells how the people of the town coped with losing so many of their young men, how they coped with food shortages and their generosity in helping the soldiers recovering at the hospital.
Copies priced at £16.50 will be on sale from the end of September 2016.
SOLD OUT DECEMBER 2018
Book presentations
Copies of Horncastle’s Great War book presented locally
Masons support for Society
Olive Union Lodge Sponsors Great War Book
Horncastle Freemasons of Olive Union Lodge are pleased to have supported the publication of the town’s History & Heritage Society’s new book “Horncastle’s Great War”.
Master of the lodge Martin Goodwin presented Chairman and co-author Mary Silverton with a cheque for £500.00 and commented that one of their members, William Collinson Isle died in 1915 of wounds inflicted and was featured in the book. Mary thanked the lodge members for their generosity and support. Co-author, Colin Gascoyne then presented Martin with a signed copy for the lodge archives.
Book Presented to Queens Elizabeth Grammar School
A copy of the book was presented to the Head Girl and Head Boy on the 9th December. It is hoped that it will provide a good point of reference for future studies of the War and in particular the soldiers from Horncastle who died in the war. It is thought that it will be particularly useful in helping to locate graves and names on memorials when the school visits the battlefields of France & Belgium.
Horncastle History & Heritage Society
