Great War Blog – Cheshire Military Museum

To commemorate 100 years since the Great War the Cheshire Military Museum Archive Team have created a Blog using the Cheshire Regiments Great War diaries. Keep checking into the blog to see the diary extracts that show what was happening 100 years ago.

Extract from the diary of Lt B H Gregg, 5th Bn, 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment

[Lt Gregg joined up in August 1914 in Chester. He survived the war and died aged 102 in Canada.]

Trench mortars & Minenwerfen [mine launcher] at us.