THE STORY OF THE SOMME 16 | 'My Darling Mother' - Major Reggie Tompson

Welcome to THE STORY OF THE SOMME podcast series, which tells the story of the Somme Offensive in the words of those fighting on the Western Front and their families back home. The series was commissioned by the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT and developed in partnership with the FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY BATTLEFIELD TOURS PROGRAMME and CHROMERADIO. It was first released to accompany the SOMME100 VIGIL at Westminster Abbey, held through the night of 30 June/1 July 2016 to mark the centenary of the opening of the Battle of the Somme. In this podcast, MAJOR REGGIE TOMPSON, Royal Field Artillery, writes home to his mother from the front. Reggie Tompson was born in 1886. He joined the Royal Field Artillery in 1900 and was a major by the time of the Somme Offensive. SOURCE | IWM Audio Archive. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Narrator - Nicholas Rowe | Reader - Charles Pitt | The Last Post played by LSgt Stuart Laing, Welsh Guards on a First World War bugle.