The First World War brought about huge social change in Britain, including female emancipation, increased workers’ rights and major scientific advances. Soldiers returned from the Western Front changed men, some questioning the conventional strictures of the working-class experience. One such man was Edward ‘Ted’ Ruddy. His relation Sue Greenwood has become enthralled by what she has discovered about his life.
MY BRICK WALL
Great Uncle Ted was famous in our family for his adventures. He died before I was born, but he lived on