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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8168691.stm

Sad news.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249675/862425.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249675/862425.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249675/862432.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249675/862432.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249675/862437.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249675/862437.page GMT
It was also the last real war Britain fought using commisioned officers, where rather than rise up through the ranks, your family bought your commission. Thus the men had very little training, and their commanding officer might have had no formal training at all.

But I feel the Great War really says something about mankind, in that it took 4 years to figure out standing in a hole in a field is a really crap way to win a war. Was meant to be the future!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249675/862445.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249675/862445.page GMT The War to end all Wars..]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249675/862448.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249675/862448.page GMT
Seriously, if Britain had won the war quicker, or if it had never happened we'd be living in a markedly different world. Indeed, the US might never have achieved dominance. Or at least, not so quickly.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249675/862454.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249675/862454.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249675/862459.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249675/862459.page GMT
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I read Harry Patches book last year and it's a cracking account of a battle through the eyes of a single infantryman and it's very emotionally engaging.

He left a great legacy in that many others will remember his story and, in a way, the story of the other members of the infantry in WW1. 111 is a fine old age to reach, RIP.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249675/863014.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249675/863014.page GMT
Damn. I'll definately pick that up for summer reading.

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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Fighting-Tommy-Surviving-Trenches/dp/0747593361

A cracking account of life in the trenches, well worth a read.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249675/863085.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249675/863085.page GMT
If I can die with even the tiniest fraction of his bravery and dignity I'll have done well.

Such a pointless War. To this day I'm still baffled as to the point of it.

And even as a pacifist, I do make a point of acknowledging the sacrifice of those who have gone before. It was their actions that gave me the choice of going to War or not. As much as you might think me a coward, if I received call up papers, I would run like a bitch.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249675/863309.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249675/863309.page GMT
"Whoever thought up trench warfare is an idiot. I mean the officers blow a whistle so the soldiers know to get into position thus alerting the German machine gunners. Then the officers get out of the trenchs, wave there arms and yell. Then the the soldiers move slowly towards the Germans."
Quoted, not exactly what he said but close enough, from my teacher.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249675/863411.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249675/863411.page GMT It was a byproduct of increase in fire arm tech but not transportatian.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249675/863701.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249675/863701.page GMT