Last WWI combat veteran dies aged 110

[Attack Fell Terrier 864]

RIP old fella . I hope he went peacefully.

 

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"lions led by donkeys"!

 

That's what the Germans said of the British people during the first world war, that we're " A nation of Lions, led by Donkeys".

Edited May 5, 2011 by Attack Fell Terrier

[johnny boy68 11,726]

RIP

[scothunter 12,609]

RIP old fella . I hope he went peacefully.

 

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"lions led by donkeys"!

 

That's what the Germans said of the British people during the first world war, that we're " A nation of Lions, led by Donkeys".

 

i didnt know that fell mate.i always thought it was a kipling quote.

[scothunter 12,609]

Evelyn, Princess Blücher, an Englishwoman who lived in Berlin during the First World War, in her memoir published in 1921, recalled hearing German general Erich Ludendorff praise the British for their bravery and remembered hearing first hand the following statement from the German General Headquarters (Grosses Hauptquartier): "The English Generals are wanting in strategy. We should have no chance if they possessed as much science as their officers and men had of courage and bravery. They are lions led by donkeys."

 

Ludendorff: The British soldiers fight like lions.

Hoffmann: True. But don't we know that they are lions led by donkeys

 

 

you were right fell cheers mate

[Attack Fell Terrier 864]

Evelyn, Princess Blücher, an Englishwoman who lived in Berlin during the First World War, in her memoir published in 1921, recalled hearing German general Erich Ludendorff praise the British for their bravery and remembered hearing first hand the following statement from the German General Headquarters (Grosses Hauptquartier): "The English Generals are wanting in strategy. We should have no chance if they possessed as much science as their officers and men had of courage and bravery. They are lions led by donkeys."

 

Ludendorff: The British soldiers fight like lions.

Hoffmann: True. But don't we know that they are lions led by donkeys

 

 

you were right fell cheers mate

 

[Tomm Parr 30]

Evelyn, Princess Blücher, an Englishwoman who lived in Berlin during the First World War, in her memoir published in 1921, recalled hearing German general Erich Ludendorff praise the British for their bravery and remembered hearing first hand the following statement from the German General Headquarters (Grosses Hauptquartier): "The English Generals are wanting in strategy. We should have no chance if they possessed as much science as their officers and men had of courage and bravery. They are lions led by donkeys."

 

Ludendorff: The British soldiers fight like lions.

Hoffmann: True. But don't we know that they are lions led by donkeys

 

 

you were right fell cheers mate

 

 

My g-grandad served in 1st batt SWB on Western Front for all WW1. He died just before i was born but my dad said he never, ever spoke about that war, no matter how many times they pestered him as kids. We researched his service and it made me feel sick. One battle he was involved in (Loos 1915) his division supported a Scottish division, that suffered 8000 casualties out of 10,000 men . Imagine being there, knowing you are next to attack, having seen the first wave get annhilated. Only god knows what those boys had to live through. I can't see today's hooded yobs and jobless wastrels going ott to have a go at the hun.

 

RIP Claude Choules God bless his memory and all those who 'gave their today for our tomorrow'.

In November, remember to wear your poppy with pride.

[The Seeker 3,048]

God bless him and all of them

 

I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer,

The publican 'e up an' sez, "We serve no red-coats here."

The girls be'ind the bar they laughed an' giggled fit to die,

I outs into the street again an' to myself sez I:

O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away";

But it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play,

The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play,

O it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play.

[Guest jt750]

Shame they didnt return to a land fit for heroes.

 

They did and look what WE'VE let it become .....sad really