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01-09-2010 01:01 PM
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Just an observation, but the 15th guys sure look sloppy carrying some of their MkIII's butt-up and others barrel-up.....
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I suppose, but trench duty wasn't garrison duty, and I'm sure the officers had other things on their mind, as did the troopers.
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Just an observation, but the 15th guys sure look sloppy carrying some of their MkIII's butt-up and others barrel-up.....
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They need no defence from us, their record speaks for itself:
Ypres 1915, 1917; Gravenstafel; St. Julien; Festubert 1915; Mount Sorrel; Somme 1916; Pozières; Thiepval; Ancre heights; Arras 1917, 1918; Vimy 1917; Arleux; Scarpe 1917, Hill 70; Passchendaele; 1918; Amiens; Drocourt-Quéant; Hindenburg Line; Canal du Nord; Pursuit to Mons.
Col. Currie (later GOC, Canadian
Corps) was their CO through 1st Ypres.
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They're marching at ease; 'collars may be loosened, equipment undone, and the rifle carried in any way convenient'.
Last edited by Mk VII; 04-27-2010 at 12:55 PM.
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Those are really great photos.
Hard to believe, now, that there are none of them left.
So many questions, unanswered, so much knowledge now lost forever.
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The pictures made my day - hard to believe that these brave soldiers are all gone !!!!