A 2019 dramatic reading by Alan Buchanan of a letter from Lee G. Darrach to his brother, Jack Darrach. Lee begins the letter by detailing a light eye injury he suffered, then describes draft logistics, and his gripes with the poor availability of food and wages. The letter was sent from, Southport, England, on September 28th, 1915.
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He refers to the story of the Iberian, a liner that was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine on route from Manchester to Boston on July 30th, 1915. -- The location of the attack was just off the South coast of Ireland, near Fastnet Rock.
