WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES. (Originally written April 2015) The images contained in this article may be shocking, but are included to highlight a very dark period of human history. In my line of work as a photo restorer and colouriser of historical photos, I often come across very interesting stories that impel me to dig deeper and find out as much as I can about the people in the pictures, and what they did with their lives. This article is a bit different

Photos of a father and son, taken 30 years apart. Arthur James Langran served with the Leicestershire Regiment during the First World War and his son Peter Francis Langran served with the same regiment during the Second World War. The Leicestershire Regiment were famously known as the “Tigers” after their service in India during the early 19th century. From 1925 the regiment was granted the badge of a royal tiger, which can be seen on AJ Langran’s cap in his portrait. The