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Battle of the Somme


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Each figure represents an Allied soldier killed on the first day in the Battle of the Somme, all 19240 of them...

Rest easy warriors

 

Chilling.

 

 

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We can be thankful America was not yet in the war.

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I've often wondered where our world would be today as far as technological advancements, if not so many people died during WW1 and WWII. Did the future discover for a cure for cancer fall at the Somme? Did the young man who would find a way to end hunger fall Tunisia somewhere?

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My uncle, Ernie, lied about his age, forged his step-mother's signature and enlisted in 1915 at 15 years old, in the Stormont, Dundas and Glengary Highlanders.

He was in France before his 16th birthday, in the same regiment as his Father!

Bugler,then machine gun operator. 

He was awarded The Military Medal and the Belgian Croix de Guerre.

In 1939, at the outbreak of WWII, he volunteered again, but only served in Canada.

God Bless Uncle and thank-you for your service.

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