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Richard Hawley
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It was Paul McGann and it was The Monoculed Mutineer ... it's a harrowing read too ... I'll lend you my copy if you want.


i would lime that it is i think based in truth

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Yep it's about a real bloke called Percy Topliss, who used to impersonate army officers and was a bit of a rogue. There's now some debate about whether he was actually at the mutiny at Etaples but he certainly became linked with it and took on a mythical role. It's incredibly interesting, particularly how much authority tries to hide dissent.

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I went out to Northern France last year to take some pictures. It's incredible how much evidence is left, 90 years on. You'd think that nature would have obliterated all or most of the physical legacy of the war but almost everywhere you turn there are slightly odd and unnerving marks on the landscape - old trench lines, shell craters and in the Autumn the 'metal harvest; turns up many unexploded shells. I'd urge anyone to take a trip there, a very thought provoking place.


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Your pictures are very thought provoking Simon................it seems nature wants to keep a constant reminder of the terrible devastation of war.........................
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my granddad would have been 100 yesterday

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There have been some fascinating programmes on BBC4 this week - more scheduled I think - and on normal terrestrial TV next week too.......including a Time Team special or something.
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Only four survivors left now.......

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/7712943.stm
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The Baroness wrote:
Only four survivors left now.......

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/7712943.stm



"He attributed his long life to a moderate consumption of alcohol"

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My son and I have just been in town....there was a little group dressed up in military uniform driving through town on amazing original motorbikes..............I got talking to an old man who told me that there were about a million horses killed,and that was just on our side...............................
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You might find this interesting then Beeshette ...

http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/forgottenarmy.htm

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Thanks Cats.....
.My grandfather really 'lost it' during the war, so much so he ended up shooting his beloved horse 'Black Prince'...................I have a really nice photograph of them both ,it's pretty tatty but I'm glad to have it..........................
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God bless them all.....

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