Researching history means entering a world of Ghosts. The presence of people from by-gone ages can be felt as one moves around places and buildings trying to imagine the past, and piece together a mental jigsaw from (often) limited snippets of information. As an amateur historian with a military interest (and background) I have wandered around many ex-British army locations around the globe. Most recently I visited some sites in Singapore. The big picture, the top down view of the campaign is clear, yet it is very hard to get a perspective from ordinary people who were not at the top of the tree - and it is their stories and memories that are vital to truly understand how life must have been.
