This novel is based around the life of Lce Cpl
William Main Hall S/13323 7th Battalion Cameron Highlanders who
was killed at the Battle of Loos on 25th September 1915 aged
33 years.
William worked in the Hall's Printer ink trade
servicing The Glasgow Herald and the Scotsman. The dye for making
printers' ink came from Germany. William frequently went to Germany
to purchase dye before the first world war. He spoke German fluently.
He had German friends and a best friend in Dieter Buttner. What
if he had survived the Battle of Loos? What if he had met Dieter
as a captured German soldier, would they greet each other, would
they talk, was that a Court martial offence? Was that fraternisation?
