In 2010, my father, brother and I travelled to France to trace the WW1 history of my great-uncle Robert Gorrill. This was the video I produced of our journey, and is in three parts.
Robert was with the Sheffield City Battalion near Serre and took part in the First Day on the Somme, the so-called Big Push that started on the 1st July 1916. The under-age Robert amazingly survived this but was killed near Soissons in March 1918. Like many, his body was never recovered and he is remembered on the Soissons Memorial.
We were guided by Ian Gumm of "In The Footsteps" who had done all the research regarding Robert's involvement in the First World War.
We visited many WW1 sites and cemetaries, including Sheffield Park, Serre, Beaumont Hamel, Delville Wood, Mametz Wood, Fricourt and many more, all very thought-provoking, sobering and saddening.
Having said that, we all thoroughly enjoyed spending some very rare brother / brother / father time together.
These three videos show our journey and Robert's story.
The one thing that this journey ultimately showed was the complete waste of a whole generation of healthy young men, from all sides of the conflict.
In total, 16 million people lost their lives in the Great War, of which Robert was just one.
I hope that you enjoy the story.

This is Part 2.