WW1 100 years ago
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I'm in a mixed allied and German cemetery, brings a lump to my throat to walk around the graves. The youngest lad here was merely 17. It seems so young.
Some of the early letters back to family tell of the young soldiers excitement, how it seemed like a holiday. That was, until they experienced the horror of the front line.
I'm in a mixed allied and German cemetery, brings a lump to my throat to walk around the graves. The youngest lad here was merely 17. It seems so young.
Some of the early letters back to family tell of the young soldiers excitement, how it seemed like a holiday. That was, until they experienced the horror of the front line.
After the event last night we went to a bar in Mons that was lit purely by candlelight. They're making quite a big deal of it over the whole town, it looks like there's something planned for the 23rd, which offhand I think was the original date of the big battle of Mons. Certainly lots of the graves in the cemetery have that date inscribed on them.
I'm thinking I might do a tour of the WW1 sites later in the year, it's sparked a bit of curiosity in me.
I'm thinking I might do a tour of the WW1 sites later in the year, it's sparked a bit of curiosity in me.
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