Soldier’s story

Sir, Many thanks for your report on my father, Second Lieutenant Robert B Haddow, in last week’s Banner.

The actual documents sent by the War Office are being delivered to the Arran Heritage Museum shortly to be included in the archives.

I commend anyone who has an interest in these affairs to read the horrible, gory details written by him of his actual moments of capture and yet the German field station must have taken great care to prevent his death; perhaps our editor was right in refraining from publishing the actual description of a badly wounded soldier crawling along a grotty trench and facing up to a German soldier about to dispatch him with a rifle.

Robert seems to have taken great care to be accurate in the report he filed with the War Office. He does say in his report that he saw his CO being escorted through the German lines at the same time as his capture.

On behalf of those who are interested, thank you.

Yours, Bob Haddow, Kings Cross.