Elizabeth Shovlin

Paisley

"We recently made a journey to the First World War battle sites and war graves in France with a view to visiting our own relations' graves and learn more about how they died.   Having given Jim Harkness what little information we had on our relatives, he prepared  an itinerary for us with maps and guides which allowed us to drive to exactly where we wanted to go including – most importantly - the fields in which they fell. He also provided us with press cuttings and documentary film footage which made the entire event so much more meaningful.  What this man does not know about this area and this period in history is negligible."