Wdytya matthew pinsent biography

What do the Olympic Games, World War One Tanks, Henry VIII and opium have in common? The answer is that they make for a fascinating journey for Matthew Pinsent as he delves into his family's heritage, uncovering the unexpected at every turn.

Matthew sets out upon his journey by following the trail of his three great uncles who died during World War One.

All three attended Winchester College, and Matthew begins his research there by reading their obituaries in the alumni records.

But a discovery on a database of war dead brings an unexpected turn - Matthew's great uncle, George McPherson, committed suicide during one of the first great tank battles of the war, the Somme.

What happened? And how can Matthew find out more?

Intrigued and disconcerted, Matthew visits the Tank Museum in Dorset and tracks down a historian who has written a book about this era, some of it based upon the memoirs of a friend of George McPherson.

Thus Matthew learns the wretched - and hono