"The Last to Fall – World War One’s Tragic Final Casualties" Topic
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Tango01 | 11 Nov 2013 12:45 p.m. PST |
"Of the millions of moving stories of sacrifice and loss to come out of the First World War, perhaps George Edwin Ellison's is the most heartbreaking. By the autumn of 1918, the native of Leeds, England was something of a legend among his squad mates. The 40-year old career soldier was still alive and kicking after four punishing years of trench warfare — no small accomplishment in the British Army, a force that had been effectively wiped out and re-manned with volunteers and conscripts several times over since the start of the war. As a member of the 5th Irish Lancers, Ellison fought in the BEF's first actions in 1914 and would go on to survive the bloody slaughter at Ypres, Armentières, Loos and Cambrai
" Full article here link Hope you enjoy!. Amicalement Armand |
Phil Gray | 11 Nov 2013 4:34 p.m. PST |
It is poignant but i think the article misses the crucial difference between an armistice and peace. Armistice being a temporary cessation of hostilities, all parties had every reason to believe that fighting could and would be resumed
so every reason to fight to last minute for any advantage they could get
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Dan Cyr | 11 Nov 2013 9:09 p.m. PST |
Read the sad details of the US Army ordering assaults on the final day, knowing it was the final day. Dan |
Trebian | 13 Nov 2013 6:30 a.m. PST |
There's always going to be a "last man to fall", whether it was on the 11th or the day before. There is another omission in the article too. The last shells were fired after 11am, I beleive, by a S battery, competing with some of their colleagues to be the last to fire. It wasn't simply a case of loosing off all the ammunition left It is also a good point on the difference between armistice and peace. |
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