#wwi stuff

38. “What do they admire in others? what talents do they wish they had” Sarah wishes she were slightly more … assertive, like her sister, though they both have their father’s stubbornness, one of the few things they have in common honestly. Will simply wishes he could be more outgoing, like his youngest siblings Lionel and Margret (well, just Margret now). It would certainly help him get to know his troops better. it’s not that he’s cold or aloof, it’s just that CSM Moran, god bless ‘im, was there for him from the start when he first took over the company. The man’s a one of a kind, and Will worries how he might fair should the sergeant major be killed.

4. “what is their relationship with their parents like? Good and bad memories?” Will takes after his mother more than his brothers or sister, so they’ve been close ever since he was born. His father, on the other hand … his dad’s a lawyer and back bench MP in London (where they live), and he found work in the government when the war broke out. Despite Will’s having taken an officer training course, and his public school background, his father pulled some strings to get Will a position as a staff officer (glorified orderly Will thinks) at the WO. This has made relations tense at best, given that all of Will’s friends are already overseas or soon will be. As for Sarah, she loved both her parents deeply, which made things exceptionally hard when the HMS Hampshire was sunk in May 1916, taking it’s crew, her father and Lord Kitchener down with it. Now she has her mother, who is beyond distraught, and her brothers (Robert and John, both at the Front with the BEF) to worry about, and look after her little brothers and sister.

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