Scott Bennett

The hidden camp’s secrets revealed

I stumbled upon this military reenactment on my morning run, in Lucca in Italy last weekend.

It’s part of the Lucca Historiae Fest, a large living-history festival staged around the Renaissance walls and historic centre of Lucca.

The event recreates different periods of Lucca’s 2,000-year history with costumed soldiers, military camps, weapons demonstrations, parades, and battle reenactments ranging back to Roman and medieval eras.

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‘I’d lost all that I had loved’

Katie Morter, a civilian in Manchester, recalls the heartbreak of receiving a letter informing her of her husband's Percy’s death on the Somme.

In July 1916, not long before her baby was due, Katie received a letter from Percy's sergeant, regretfully informing her that Percy had been killed in action at the Somme.

Katie lost a husband who never got the chance to meet his son.

Over 50 years later, Katie vividly recalled her feelings at the time: I’d lost all that I had loved.’

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