Uncle Jack Donaldson of the Tyneside Scottish brigade of the Northumberland Fusiliers. He died in 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. Courtesy John Donaldson
Uncle Jack Donaldson of the Tyneside Scottish brigade of the Northumberland Fusiliers. He died in 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. Courtesy John Donaldson

My Uncle Jack died with his Pals at the Somme. It shattered and then galvanised Tyneside