11/11/1918-11/11/2018: 100 years since end of World War 1

Readers share their memories of loved ones who fought… and died

As we approach the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, we are telling the stories of the ordinary people who made extraordinary sacrifices. Here, Phoenix Nights comic Dave Spikey, of Chorley, Lancs, tells how his great-uncle was killed by machine gun fire in a badly planned raid on German trenches.