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We couldn’t get out of bedroom after mum died
Black Country Bugle 13 May 14

MY father Jack Law was wounded at the Somme in World War One.
He lost part of his leg and had various other injuries.He married my mother not long after coming home, and lived in Maria Street, in the Spon Lane area of West Bromwich where my older sister was born, along with myself and my baby sister.My father died at the age of 38 years I believe, because of his injuries, and had a military funeral at St Peter’s Church, Greets Green.I was about three…
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