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Poor bastards, I weep when I see the graves or any footage.
Lost a lot of great grand uncles as most did, the only reason I'm here is because my great grandfather got "lucky"
Disgusting chapter in Europes history.
RIP to the fallen and hats off to the French that keep the graves bloody immaculate.
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I'll raise a glass or three tonight for Great Granddad Tom and co.
Terrible waste of lives, and we never learn do we?
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Utterly heartbreaking.
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http://www.greatwar.co.uk/somme/memorial-38-division.htm
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/01/the-battle-of-the-somme-as-it-happened-on-july-1-1916/
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
My mum's dad fought in The First World War and, although I've no idea where, he survived.
RIP to all those who tragically died
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I finally took my mother to Ypres three years ago with my youngest son who was about the age of my grandfather when shot. A very moving place/experience. We simply cannot understand the grim horror of thier situation. Sanctuary wood and Hooge museum were visited amoung others, I recommend others to do similar.
It might interest people to know that the road near Mons has two small monuments, one for where contact was first made between C squad 4th Dragoon guards and German cavalry, and another where the last shots and death occured in the conflict 4 years later. They are both within a few kilometers of one another on what is now th N6 roar north out of Mons toward Soignies/Brussels. You could walk in in 10 minuets!
May we never forget what civilised people can do to one another and brave men do in the name of nation.
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You could walk in in 10 minuets!
Having looked the monuments are 400 yards apart, 4 years of fighting and 400 yards! Anyone interested go to maps and 'Casteau' then street view. One is a plaque on a restaurant wall the other an unassuming stone block north on the other side of the road.