This is an interesting read. The first war is quite close to my family. My father was with the British Engineers and was in the first war and the British expedition to North Russia in 1919. Happily for me he survived and I was born when he was 53 years old. Even in the 1960’s he still had a reaction to the sound of a jackhammer sounding like a machine gun. My mother’s brother was killed Oct 31,1917 at Passchendaele. He was with the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles.
For those who are interested,grave sites, photocopied attestation papers and service records of Canadian service men are available on line. He would never believe that 100 years after his death that people would be able to view his signature on line.
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