Jim Boyes, Belinda O'Hooley

The journey of a Yorkshire soldier caught up in the enormity of the First War.

A new collaboration between two celebrated folk artists; Jim Boyes and Belinda O’Hooley.

Centred around the story of Jim’s grandfather; Robert Riby Boyes (known in the family as Croppie) and his long, long trail through the First World War as Private Boyes of the 23rd Middlesex Regiment.

In common with many veterans, Croppie never talked about his experiences during the war. Here, the compelling, poignant and poetic memoirs of a young soldier’s incredible journey of survival from his home town of Scarborough to the fronts of France and Belgium, through Italy, Germany,

Switzerland and home again are vividly portrayed through his grandson Jim’s sensitive and compassionate interpretation.