Yes, I think it was a BBC website which debunked a number of WW1 myths.
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JC - I guess the fact that we have the freedom to
do as we see best (or not) is the prize that
generation fought for. No more, no less.
By the way, to offset some common class beliefs,
it is revealed in a forthcoming publication that
78 British generals and 179 British army chaplains were killed; and the oldest British
soldier to die was a Lieutenant Harry Webber - aged 68. And out of 3000 British Army
soldiers sentenced to death after courts martial
- 346 faced a firing squad for offences that
ranged from murder (37) to desertion (266).
These numbers should be compared to the total
of 8,975,954 who served in the British armed
forces. Extraordinary statistics from a
different time.
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It dispirits me, MC, when I look around me to see my contemporaries hold so cheap respect for democratically elected governments (whatever their colour). It prostitutes the memory of those who gave their lives for democracy.
My views on radical change are simple. Persuade 10 million more people to agree with you and use the ballot box.
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Harry O'Neill
Mon 3rd Feb 2014 21:51
I was ten when the last one (a continuation
of the Great war)began. And, kid that I was, I can still feel and remember the universal feeling - despite the fear - of `up with this we can no longer put` (it was like a sort of
`wroughting up`
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