WWI witness 1918
SASRA
On 11 November 2018, Britain will remember the Armistice which ended fighting on the Western Front.
SASRA (Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Scripture Readers Association) has marked this through the publication of Army Scripture Reader Bill Ransley’s 1918 journal. Bill visited sick and wounded soldiers in military hospitals near Boulogne, France. His journal includes comments about making a clear stand as a believer and the end of the war:
WWI witness 1916
SASRA
Bill Ransley was a Scripture Reader who visited sick and wounded soldiers in military hospitals near Boulogne, France.
In his 1916 journal1, he commented on how people responded to the gospel: ‘I made a special effort amongst the Hospital Orderlies by visiting them in their huts and inviting them to a Voluntary Service; for I had felt that perhaps the Personnel had been neglected. I explained that I would hold an informal Service at any hour of their own choice…