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Originally Posted by Retlaw
Yes Katy.
He was the last British Tommy from the first World War.
He refused to speak of those events until he was 100,
none of his family knew what he'd gone thro all those years ago. He has now gone to join the rest of his Lewis Gun team.
Over the years I met many surivors of the first World War, and they were quite open with me about their experiences, but not if one of their relatives were present.
Quite a lot of todays generation have'nt the slightest inkling of what things were like in those days, I doubt if many of them could get thro basic training of WWI, never mind actually having to fight.
The men of today in Her majesties forces are a different breed than you average young yob.
Bring back military service at 18, as it used to be. I went even though I had trade exempton.
Retlaw.
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I accept the plight of the servicemen in WWI but I do not read much about the servicemen who perished in WWII. The Germans where responsible for both. I lost My Father and his brother in WWII and dont see any memorials to them in Blackburn, they were both born and bread in Blackburn.
The only recognition of their service and rememberance is on the War Graves Commission site but nothing in their hometown, which is disgrace.
My Grandmother had two sons and lost them both.