The war to end all wars

kathyh's post marks the 90th anniversary of Britain's entry into World War I. Four veterans laid wreaths at the Cenotaph this morning.

My uncle Francis (yes, my dad's brother) came home shellshocked from the trenches. I don't know details of his service record. He died in the 1940s from drink. A story is told on my mother's side of the family that one of my great-uncles side was conscripted and deserted, going back to Ireland.

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