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[Byker]

"Cheetah99218" <Degenerated@Cats> wrote in message
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Thousands of under-age Tommies threw their lives away in WWI singing this:

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...

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 videos: https://tinyurl.com/ybpe3ubt

Before Uncle Sam wanted YOU, there was Lord Kitchener. I wonder what people
thought after Kitchener himself was killed in 1916...

[Savageduck[_3_]]

On 2018-11-14 11:45:57 -0800, "Byker" > said:

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> "Cheetah99218" <Degenerated@Cats> wrote in message
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> Thousands of under-age Tommies threw their lives away in WWI singing this:
>
> 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...
>
> 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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Savageduck

[General Nuisance]

Which branch of the military did YOU serve in?

[Byker]

"General Nuisance" wrote in message ...
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> Which branch of the military did YOU serve in?

USAF

[Byker]

"Savageduck" wrote in message
news:2018111421174775591-Savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom...

The YouTube "Great War" series is comprehensive, interesting, and
informative.

<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUcyEsEjhPEDf69RRVhRh4A>

Wow. They ought to offer college credit for that one ;-)

[Savageduck[_3_]]

On 2018-11-15 19:54:57 +0000, "Byker" > said:

> "Savageduck" wrote in message
> news:2018111421174775591-Savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom...
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> The YouTube "Great War" series is comprehensive, interesting, and informative.
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> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUcyEsEjhPEDf69RRVhRh4A>
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> Wow. They ought to offer college credit for that one ;-)

Agree! Especially if they add Barbara Tuchman's "Proud Tower" and "The
Guns of August" to the reading list.

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Savageduck