THE STORY OF THE SOMME 2 | Leaving for War - Private Ted Ambrose

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, a father writes to his son as he leaves for the Front. PRIVATE TED AMBROSE was the first son of a working class family in the small village of Wallington in Hertfordshire. He enlisted in the Bedfordshire Regiment in 1915, and was just 18 when he left for the front the following February. His father wrote to him before he sailed for France, SOURCE | Herts at War Collection. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Narrator - Nicholas Rowe | Reader - Peter Walton | The Last Post played by LSgt Stuart Laing, Welsh Guards on a First World War bugle.