Anthony Wear & The Black Watch
Today, 25th September, we remember Lance Corporal Anthony Wear, a volunteer soldier who sacrificed his life on the opening day of the Battle of Loos, 111 years ago. Born into a working-class family in Workington, Cumberland, his life story encapsulates the great pre-war industrial migrations across the UK and the tragic, concentrated devastation that the First World War inflicted upon tight-knit...