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Originally Posted by Coquet
Yesterday and today, 100 years ago, the local boys found themselves thrust into the fighting at Ypres. Over the next few days, news was filtering back to Radcliffe, Alnwick, Broomhill, Amble, etc., that many of the boys that had left England just a week ago were being killed and wounded. You can imagine the surprise and shock when the scale of events started to sink in back home.
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Today is the 100th anniversary of my Great Uncle James Dalby being killed in action. Sadness for my family, but so many tears were yet to be shed in the area for so many others. May they all now rest in peace.
I often wonder how his two brothers managed to fight on, in the same battalion, afterwards. Thankfully they both survived.