"Newly discovered WWI photos" Topic
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 StoneMtnMinis  | 17 Nov 2014 5:52 p.m. PST |
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 Saber6  | 17 Nov 2014 6:20 p.m. PST |
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| BW1959 | 17 Nov 2014 7:17 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the link, very interesting pictures. |
| cmdr kevin | 17 Nov 2014 8:43 p.m. PST |
Holy Crap! That's the same unit my grandfather's uncle was in! I have a copy of his diary. He was at Finner camp a year before. He might have even known him. |
| Coelacanth | 17 Nov 2014 9:49 p.m. PST |
That's a great find. Thanks. Ron |
| goragrad | 17 Nov 2014 11:36 p.m. PST |
Impressive – not sure what the rotation was, but he survived three years at the front. And managed to get film and get it back out. |
| Cuchulainn | 18 Nov 2014 12:49 a.m. PST |
He might also have known my grandfather Kevin, he was at Finner too. Did you know that after training, they had to march from Bundoran all the way to Belfast to get the troopship? |
| Cerdic | 18 Nov 2014 5:13 a.m. PST |
Goragrad – the British Army didn't have 'rotation' as such. You signed up for "the duration". Apart from brief periods of home leave a soldier could expect to serve at the front until the war finished. Of course, units were rotated between the trenches and rear areas on a regular basis. I read somewhere that the average Infantryman would be actually in the trenches for about a week each month. |
| jgibbons | 18 Nov 2014 6:48 p.m. PST |
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| goragrad | 19 Nov 2014 9:00 p.m. PST |
Cerdic – that is what I was thinking of. Been some time since I have read anything in much detail on WWI (Face of Battle a couple of years ago). Did remember that units were not left in until they were burned up. Still impressive. |
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