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World War I & My Grandfather
My Grandfather John Gault Stevenson along with a friend Paul Henderson volunteered for the Ordinance Division
A photograph taken in Washington DC after training, probably in November 1917
Fortunately there was a list of their names on the back. Included were my grandfather John G. Stevenson and Paul Henderson.
John Gault Stevenson sent many letters home from France during WWI.
See Letters for the latest letters and military orders
Many of the letters were written from Is-sur-Tille where he was based for two months of training. It was one of the major supply bases (ammunition and bread) during the war.
He was then transferred to Tours and then on to St. Nazaire.
My visits to France to Walk in His Footsteps
In 2011 and 2012 we visited Is-sur-Tille to see the sites that he wrote about.
Article about the trip Jeffrey A. Bockman - Connecting With My Grandfather (google.com)
In 2017 I was invited by the city for the 100th anniversary of the construction of the camp.
Is-sur-Tille Commemoration of the American Camp Williams on 24 Sept 2017
A list of the servicemen who married French girls.
In 2023 I visited Tours & St. Nazaire and few of the towns that he visited and wrote about.
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