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This has got to be one of the most powerful photographs I have ever seen. Above is a battalion of the Cameron Highlanders in 1914, prior to being despatched to the front line; below is the same battalion upon their return in 1918 after the armistice.

That was called The war to end all wars. How sad that they were wrong.

One of the most inspiring and unfortunately saddest things were the Pals Battalions, where rather than the normal method, of allocating soldiers to regiments by need, they were kept together based on where they "Signed up" This meant that groups of friends or colleagues fought, and of course died together.

This resulted in the decimation of local areas, yes there would have been the same deaths maybe, but due to the way the Great War was fought the Pals brigades meant that the Pals often died together

For example

Many of these locally raised battalions suffered heavy casualties during the Somme offensives of 1916. A notable example was the 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington), East Lancashire Regiment, better known as the Accrington Pals. The Accrington Pals were ordered to attack Serre, the most northerly part of the main assault, on the opening day of the battle. The Accrington Pals were accompanied by Pals battalions drawn from Sheffield, Leeds, Barnsley, and Bradford. Of an estimated 700 Accrington Pals who took part in the attack, 235 were killed and 350 wounded within the space of twenty minutes.Despite repeated attempts, Serre was not taken until February 1917, at which time the German Army had evacuated to the Hindenburg Line.

Pals battalion - Wikipedia

We Will Remember Them

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A Guy

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Other, more serious e-mail accounts have 2 step verification.