In this blogpost, I explore the life of one of the hundreds of First World War service patients who passed through the wards of Glamorgan County Lunatic Asylum.
Thank you, we live in the house he lived in, Taircroes, and I’ve often thought of how difficult it must have been for him to leave such a peaceful place.
Thank you, we live in the house he lived in, Taircroes, and I’ve often thought of how difficult it must have been for him to leave such a peaceful place.
Coincidentally, I discovered today that my great-uncle "E Jones" was at the Somme, Passchendaele, Cambrai, Ypres and spent the rest of his life in mental hospitals in Kent (Bedlam) and Wales.
Thank you, we live in the house he lived in, Taircroes, and I’ve often thought of how difficult it must have been for him to leave such a peaceful place.
Thank you, we live in the house he lived in, Taircroes, and I’ve often thought of how difficult it must have been for him to leave such a peaceful place.
Sad yet human story brought to life. Thank you.
An all too common story in the period, I fear. Thank you for telling these peoples stories.
Coincidentally, I discovered today that my great-uncle "E Jones" was at the Somme, Passchendaele, Cambrai, Ypres and spent the rest of his life in mental hospitals in Kent (Bedlam) and Wales.
Really? It's a small world. Thankfully my ancestors managed to survive the Wars largely unscathed.