Atdtda - Chums in WW1

[Charles Albert]

Nice!




Kitchener was likely inspired by Napoleon, who, in turn, was emulating
Charles XII of Sweden.



love,
cfa

On 3/9/07, Michel <mryc2903 at yahoo.fr> wrote:
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> Was reading in John Keegan's excellent The First World War (1998).  In
> chapter 8 he tells that the British volunteers from the same city or
> region could stay together in the 'Kitchener batallions' (on condition
> they enlisted together) and were named after their origin, preceded with
> 'Chums of '.
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> Many of these young guys were killed at the Somme in 1916.
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