Passchendaele

[oldcolner]

Those numbers are a blot on the history of the British Empire. Every time this resurfaces it makes my blood boil.

I am sure that Kate Middleton was struggling to hold back the tears at one stage?

Many more came back physically and or mentally damaged, there were a good number of men missing limbs in my youth and not much support for those with shell shock. A lot, some with shell shock got shot for cowardice for refusing to go into battle again.
Post traumatic stress disorder hadn't been invented.