There is a family legend that my gr father who worked in the coal mine in Abertillery was sent to join the territorial army at Clipstone camp in Nottinghamshire about 1917/18, he was then sent home at the latter end of 1918 because his wife and children were very ill with the world wide flu bug which was prevalent at that time My question is, 'why would he be taken out of the coal mine and sent to join the territorials' Can anyone please put my mind at rest and save me from more heated arguments within my family, because I think this is not true, but some of them swear it is. Has anyone come across this before, or anything similar? If not then please help me to find the truth in this cheers Angie PS I can't find anything in the Archives online (but then I never can!)