Charlotte Taylor is a 14-year old teenager who lives in Warwickshire. In March 2014, she joined one of her classmates and her history teacher on the World War I Battlefields Tour and discovered that her great-great uncle, Granville Rourke, was buried in the Ypres Town Cemetery extension. Charlotte also later found out that her great-great grandfather, James Henry Wentworth Taylor Rourke, died in action on the first day of the battle of the Somme and is buried at Beaumont Hamel. Charlotte would like to be a journalist and enjoys writing. Her other interests include performing arts and wildlife conservation.
Charlotte Taylor, a 14-year old teenager, writes about her experiences whilst taking part in the First World War Centenary Battlefield Tours Programme. On 16th – 19th March 2014 a group of 30 students and 15 teachers from secondary schools across …