A series of sketches that a love-sick soldier sent to his girlfriend back in Britain as he dreamed of the end of the First World War have been unearthed. From his digs in Greece, France and Egypt ...

Charles Hanson, owner of Hansons Auctioneers, said: ‘Page after page is taken up by sketches ... ‘Other WW1 mementos include necklaces made for Jean by injured soldiers from beads and rolled ...