Frances reads a letter written by Revd. Edmund Machell Cox, (sibling No.2),  written in 1916.Edmund’s church, in Hallam Fields in Derbyshire, was next to the Stanton Ironworks, which was a target for 1st World War German bombs. His letter is a detailed account of the night when a Zeppelin dropped 23 bombs on their little community. One of the bombs landed on St Bartholomew’s Church. You can contact Frances by email - machellcoxletters@gmail.com or Twitter - @CoxLettersIntro - 00:00Sibling recap - 1:11Edmund&apos;s 1916 letter - 11:03Notes on Edmund&apos;s letter - 24:07

Sibling recap 1:11Edmund&apos;s 1916 letter - 11:03Notes on Edmund&apos;s letter - 24:07

S1E10: Dear Vacabed

I am telling the story of ten siblings from the Machell Cox family, through the letters they wrote to each other. They were born in England between 1868 and 1884; seven of them lived in England and three lived abroad, in the Colonies. One of the siblings was my great grandfather.