On 2018-11-14 11:45:57 -0800, "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> said:
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> "Cheetah99218" <Degenerated@Cats> wrote in message
> news:9mcouddg5sopanem00c5o7h77sua9mtesk@4ax.com...
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> Thousands of under-age Tommies threw their lives away in WWI singing this:
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> Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag,
> And smile, smile, smile
> While you've a lucifer to light your fag,
> Smile boys, that's the style.
> What's the use of worrying?
> It never did a thing worthwhile, so
> Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag,
> And smile, smile, smile...
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> Would Prince William have been expected to "take the King's shilling"?
> https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/death-best-brightest-eton-rifles-may-built-slaughter.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29934965
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3927026/Tragedy-lost-generation-Map-shows-towns-cities-WWI-wiped-tens-thousands-people-including-circles-friends-Britain-left-scarred-forever.html
Interesting
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> videos: https://tinyurl.com/ybpe3ubt
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> Before Uncle Sam wanted YOU, there was Lord Kitchener. I wonder what people
> thought after Kitchener himself was killed in 1916...
The YouTube "Great War" series is comprehensive, interesting, and informative.
<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUcyEsEjhPEDf69RRVhRh4A>
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Regards,
Savageduck
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