July 1st 2016

Today is the 100th anniversary of the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

To think that 60,000 allied soldiers died on that day alone ( and 1 million soldiers over the next 141 days ) is just beyond belief.

I heard earlier about a 12 year old lad that tricked his way into the British force and survived in that battle for 6 weeks before his age was discovered and he was sent home.
That’s the same age as my youngest daughter.
What an incredible child he must have been.

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