A brief history of how the people of Laindon and district coped with the problems of the First World War
• Throughout the book are individual family memories, over 100 photographs and appropriate oems mostly written at the time.
• Indication of why Britain went to war
• Insight into the role of the local Explosive factories.
• Individual stories of those who applied for exemption and the hysteria of suspected spies.
• The role played by our Women Folk
• Culminating in individual stories of our men folk who went to war on our behalf.
