Description:
Stockport's Heroes of the Great War tells the stories of local men whose courage was officially recognised in the chaos of the First World War: where these men came from, how they served and what became of them.
Brief description: John Hartley was born in Cheshire. He worked for Manchester City Council for a number of years before joining the Probation Service as an administrator. Now retired, he continues to live in the area. He is the author of 6th Battalion the Manchester Regiment in the Great War (2010), 17th Manchesters: A History of the Battalion (2013), Bully Beef & Biscuits: Food in the Great War (2015) and 6th Battalion the Cheshire Regiment in the Great War (2017).