224192 Pte. David Culshaw British Army 1st Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers from:95 Delph, Brierley Hill (d.14th July 1917) My son was asked to do a history project and find a relative who fought in WW1 if possible so that he could write a letter home from the trenches as that person. At the same time I was researching my father's family history, especially the Culshaw arm. We were all delighted to find our relative, David Culshaw in the war grave data base, but then equally sad to find out he died so young - aged 19. He was an only child of my father's grandmother's brother and my dad always knew there was a sadness about his great uncle. I found out from the war diary that there was a lot of gas sent over by Lievens Projectors and regular shelling of trenches on the date of his death. I visited David's war grave in Bard Cottage Cemetery on a holiday to Belgium a few years ago and am taking my dad over this month. My son wrote a great letter from the trenches, reliving his relative's awful experience in his imagination.
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