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2008

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K@ja said:
Blimey! They're so young! I can't help but wonder how many (or rather few) of these young men returned to Britain alive.
Jaime said:
Oh, that is the saddest picture I think I've ever seen. How many of those young men died?
doustpauline of > \whatwhenwhere/ <all behind. said:
stunning biziare photo
SF buckaroo said:
A vivid reminder that England sent it's upper crust to fight this war. How different things are now (especially in the US where the armed forces are comprised primarily of poorly educated kids from poor families).
Jason White/Big Lion Head said:
Are these not the infamous 'The Eton Rifles' and is it not more likely that these were the ones who sent the 'oiks' over the top?

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Henry Crun said:
They look to be from the London Scottish, 14th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (London Scottish) of the Territorial Army, so this might have been taken at a pre-Great War Summer camp.
doustpauline of > \whatwhenwhere/ <all behind. said:
strong bunch of men to thro the chapp so high ,wounderfull captuer/capture
Dalmatica said:
fantastic!
johnbaz77 said:
WOW- did he fall from an aeroplane!!!! john..
SandyEm said:
Fabulous!

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it is aai! said:
Ik zie geen sneeuw waar ze staan... dus echt in de sneeuw staan ze niet.
Matt_thephotogeek said:
wow!
patrick.judge42 said:
American Marines practise for invasion of Iwo Jima.
it is aai! said:
@patrick.judge42: Looks like it... but these are Swiss!
patrick.judge42 said:
Of course I knew they were Swiss.....it was just a jokey comment on the iconic Iwo Jima photo of Feb. 1945.

L4_Urquinaona said:
The windmill to the left most likely is the 'Overveerpolder', near the 'Warmonderhek' in Warmond. Not far away from the 'Schuttersveld', military parade ground in Leiden. This particular windmill ceased to exist around 1930. Almost the same picture, in a lesser quality, can be found in the archives of the Dutch Windmill Database Organisation ( www.molendatabase.nl ). See at their website in the section of 'Database van verdwenen molens in Nederland' under 'DB nr' # 3536 to convince yourself. (this information has been made available by the help of mr L. Middelkoop of the Dutch Windmill Database)
Wim van der Groef said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Holland before the year 1920 / Nederland van vóór 1920, and we'd love to have this added to the group!