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My grandfather, William Laughton, joined the Territorial Army in Orkney and took part in drills until war was declared in 1914 and he was mobilised.

My grandfather's first posting was to the Holm Battery near his home, which was at Breckan. There he w

Thes details were relayed to my family personally by my grandfather, William Laughton, and are faithfully transcribed here, being part of his life story, which included surviving the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, but that's another story.