11/11/11
On the family history trail , a photo by bishib70 on Flickr. Last year I did a little research into my dad's family history and came across details of a great uncle of his who was killed in the First World War. In fact, he was killed in what must have been one of the very first skirmishes of the war, in France on 27 August 1914. My dad knew nothing of this ancestor, and was amazed to discover his family link to a name on the cenotaph in Bessbrook village.