A few years before the 2014 Great War commemorations I developed a keen interest in the service career of my great-uncle Ralph Hancock. Thanks to the detailed investigations by the military historian Jeremy Banning, I learned that, having been wounded at The Somme, Great-Uncle Ralph was shot by a German tank taking his men over the top on 27 August 1917 as part of the Battle of Passchendaele, or Third Battle of Ypres. Click HERE or use the drop down menu to find out more about Ralph and the music he inspired me to write…