WWI Vet Passes - A Woman

[Jimbeaux]

Excellent story. She stated "I would work every hour God sent". Too bad today's youth are such opposites in many cases.

When asked how it feels to be 110, she responded; "Not much different from 109".

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obitu...

[FourWheelDrift]

The very last link to WWI.

And then there were none.

[Eric Mc]

Jimbeaux said:

Excellent story. She stated "I would work every hour God sent". Too bad today's youth are such opposites in many cases.

When asked how it feels to be 110, she responded; "Not much different from 109".

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obitu...

I really don't think youth are any better or worse than they ever were.

[vtgts300kw]

Hard to fathom that there's nobody left who fought for Great Britain in WW1.

[Digga]

vtgts300kw said:

Hard to fathom that there's nobody left who fought for Great Britain in WW1.

Haig & Co certainly did their bit to ensure that...

[FourWheelDrift]

Haig was well liked by his troops, there was an enormous turn out of veterans at his funeral. If you think he was to blame for the Somme offensive he didn't want to do it but was forced into it by French Army commander General Foch. An offensive in the north to pull German troops from the south where the French were being slaughtered at Verdun. If the Germans had got through at Verdun they could have gone on and won the war.

[Dr_Gonzo]

vtgts300kw said:

Hard to fathom that there's nobody left who fought for Great Britain in WW1.

It starts to make WW1 feel as if it's becoming 'history proper', rather than 'recent history'. It makes me wonder whether children born today will view WW1 in the same way we view past conflicts such as the Crimean or Napoleonic wars.

[Hooli]

Dr_Gonzo said:

vtgts300kw said:

Hard to fathom that there's nobody left who fought for Great Britain in WW1.

It starts to make WW1 feel as if it's becoming 'history proper', rather than 'recent history'. It makes me wonder whether children born today will view WW1 in the same way we view past conflicts such as the Crimean or Napoleonic wars.

I'm not sure kids of today even know about those wars!

[MartG]

Hooli said:

Dr_Gonzo said:

vtgts300kw said:

Hard to fathom that there's nobody left who fought for Great Britain in WW1.

It starts to make WW1 feel as if it's becoming 'history proper', rather than 'recent history'. It makes me wonder whether children born today will view WW1 in the same way we view past conflicts such as the Crimean or Napoleonic wars.

I'm not sure kids of today even know about those wars!

And if they do they probably think it's a conspiracy and didn't really happen

[Hooli]

MartG said:

Hooli said:

Dr_Gonzo said:

vtgts300kw said:

Hard to fathom that there's nobody left who fought for Great Britain in WW1.

It starts to make WW1 feel as if it's becoming 'history proper', rather than 'recent history'. It makes me wonder whether children born today will view WW1 in the same way we view past conflicts such as the Crimean or Napoleonic wars.

I'm not sure kids of today even know about those wars!

And if they do they probably think it's a conspiracy and didn't really happen

Same as the moon landings.

I didn't hear anything about those two wars (or the moon landings) & I left school in 1993, I doubt the curriculum has got any better since then.

[Jimbeaux]

Eric Mc said:

Jimbeaux said:

Excellent story. She stated "I would work every hour God sent". Too bad today's youth are such opposites in many cases.

When asked how it feels to be 110, she responded; "Not much different from 109".

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obitu...

I really don't think youth are any better or worse than they ever were.

You may be correct but I fear you are not.