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79A First World War story
A story about the ending of the First World War and the effects it might have had on the people in a lancashire cotton town who were waiting for loved ones coming home.
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73Fox (Strawberries in May) - a WW1 short story
Fox - The first 2 chapters from a WW1 short story that I am writing, along with one of my cartoon creations of a WW1 trench + a song
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69War Horse
A touching movie about a boy and his horse, as they become separated during WWI...only to end up on an epic journey to try to find each other again..
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75World War One: The Last Morning
The signing of the Armistice on November 11, 1918 did not end the hostilities of World War I until 11:00 later that morning. Until that time, attacks continued and almost 11,000 men were killed, wounded or went missing even though the fighting would stop in just a few hours.
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79Winston Churchill in the Trenches
Winston Churchill, future Prime Minister of Great Britain, spent six months in the Western Front during World War I following his resignation as First Lord of the Admiralty after the disaster at Galipoli. He spent most of that time with his battalion, the 6th Royal Scots in the front lines.
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60Cloggy Translations 4: The Soldier
Another war poem translated to Dutch. A strange interest perhaps, but I was captivated by the World War One cemetaries I found in the North of France.
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65ERACLEO ALIMPOLO: The last Filipino WWI veteran to die
This is a capsulized life of Eracleo Alimpolo, the last Filipino WW1 veteran to die. He dedicated his entire life of more than 104 years to the military service in the US. He never forgot his love of country. He sent money home to finance his brother's children schooling in Isabela, Philippies.
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79Now It's 'All Quiet on the Western Front'
During 'The Great War' ~ World War One ~ it certainly was not 'all quiet on the western front'. War poetry bears witness to this! But it is peaceful there now. Where once there was death and horror, there is now agriculture once again. And the quietest spots in Northern France are the military cemeteries, where the graves of dead young soldiers can still be seen ~ standing 'row on row'.
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68World One War: America's 'Recruiting' Landship
Photograph of U.S.S. Recruit in New York, dated 1917. The 'ship' served as a World War I recruiting station at Union Square from 1917 to 1920, when it "set sail" for Coney Island USN Recruitment Poster The...
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69World One War: Puttees and How to Wrap Them
woolwrap puttees Canadian War Memorial in Ottawa, showing soliders wearing Puttees 'Tommys' distinctly wearing puttees, photographed 1917 First Stage of fitting Puttees Second Stage of Fitting Puttees Third Stage of Fitting Puttees Fourth Stage of...
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