Times serial for Gerry Harrison

The Times has serialised two pieces from Gerry Harrison’s edition of his great-uncle’s diaries, To Fight Alongside Friends: The First World War Diaries of Charlie May, which is published today.

Captain’s secret diary reveals vain hope in the face of death (£)

To Fight Alongside Friends: The First World War Diaries of Charlie May (£)

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Gerry Harrison

Gerry Harrison

I was born in India, and grew up in England and Ireland.  In the 1990's I inherited the war diaries of Captain Charlie May, who was my great-uncle.   While the original diaries were deposited in the archives of the Manchester Regiment, the transcripts of these diaries are now in th...More about Gerry Harrison