I have now completed the first part of my research into my Grandfather Corporal William Hodgson's life; from his birth in Preston in 1892 to his transfer from the 9th East Lancs to the Army Service Corps in April 1917. As a result I did a show and tell to my Mother and her brother my Uncle a couple of weeks ago. I had managed to get photographs of many of the streets where the family had lived pre-war from the Preston Digital Archive now available on-line through Flickr, as well as photographs related to where he worked. One of these was of a pile of 13 pound shells stacked at the Dick Kerr factory where he had worked in munitions before enlisting. There were no new revelations from the senior members of the family but many confirmations of what I already knew, however there was some disagreement about who had lived where in those close knit mill communities on Preston Moor. Most of the stories so far are corroberated by evidence in the attestation papers and the war diary and I look forward eagerly to starting my research into the activities of the 801st ASC MT company during the Macedonian campaign in 1917 and 1918 and the stories of his exploits as Motorcycle despatch rider.