tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629002092206577063.post3776773373491672493..comments2023-07-09T18:40:14.439+10:00Comments on Fighting the Kaiser: Coburg, Brunswick and the First World War: Deserters and the pain they left behindcherylghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674487881309060774noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629002092206577063.post-91754495724910015672014-04-10T10:02:14.132+10:002014-04-10T10:02:14.132+10:00Thanks for the comment. I've found others from...Thanks for the comment. I've found others from Coburg but this is the only story where I've got any real sense of the impact on the families at home. And then, in some cases, I've found evidence of men listed as deserters when they were actually on the ship taking them to the war. Seems as though the authorities had a bit of trouble keeping track of everyone. I'm not surprised really.cherylghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12674487881309060774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629002092206577063.post-28006918117553277192014-04-08T18:19:02.601+10:002014-04-08T18:19:02.601+10:00I reckon it is a bit of a syndrome. Men who enlis...I reckon it is a bit of a syndrome. Men who enlist, desert and enlist again. Another fellow who followed this path was a fellow called George Abbot. Rod Martin researched his story, and wonders if he was in fact killed in action, or merely disappeared again?<br />http://empirecall.pbworks.com/w/page/11620083/Abbott%20G%206465Lenore Frosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425222424273971365noreply@blogger.com