3rd October 2018
The Society’s meeting of 3rd October was a double bill, telling two very different stories of travels to theatres of war where local soldiers lost their lives. Pat Pennington had a personal mission to follow in the footsteps of her late husband’s uncle, Private Michael Herbert Edmonds Colton who fell at Gallipoli, whilst Jerome Wright visited the graves and monuments commemorating the local men who were lost on the Western Front.
A Stretcher Bearer at the Doomed Campaign of Gallipoli
The name of Private Michael Herbert Edmonds Colton, stretcher bearer in July/August 1915 with the 1st Sherwood Rangers, can be seen on the Helles Memorial. Pvt. Colton was 21 years old when he fell at Chocolate Hill. He may have been particularly suited to caring for the injured due to his first- aid experience gained through his membership of the Scouting movement.