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The blog "WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier" is impressive.
Bill Lamin took his grandfather's letters written during "The Great War" and presenting them via a blog. The letters from the grandfather, William Henry Lamin, are posted as entries 90 years from when they originally written or postmarked.
Occasionally, Bill Lamin throws in some anachronistic references to give the reader some additional background information. A good example are the pointers to FirstWorldWar.com and Wikipedia articles in the 9 June 2007 entry for the Battle of Messines Ridge. The pointer to the Wikipedia entry for the Battle of Messines Rdiges really helped to understand the the reference to "changing geography" in the grandfather's letter. Do read the letter and then check the two reference links.
Lamin's letter.)
The blog gives an interesting perspective that I haven't seen in books about the First World War.
By the way, you can listen to interviews with Bill Lamin about his grandfather and the blog at PRI.
J.D. Abolins