Standing proudly beside their friends and fellow soldiers, 46 men of the 8th Berkshire Regiment pose for a group photograph in May 1915. The sun was shining, their training almost complete and many were keen to see action for the first time. But within four months of this haunting picture at their training camp near Warminster, Wiltshire, they were fighting the Battle of Loos. By the end of the war, 19 of the brother officers had been killed, nine seriously wounded and the group had been scattered. When Andrew Tatham, 51, great-grandson of commanding officer Colonel Walton first saw this photograph, he vowed to uncover the men's stories. He spent 21 years tracking down surviving relatives and his book, A Group Photograph, has sold almost 5,000 copies by word of mouth.
