A way-side group of gallant Indian cavalrymen, some of whom greatly enjoyed their share in the charge through the cornfields at High Wood on July 14th, 1916, with the Dragoon Guards.
It begs a variety of questions – if only some of them greatly enjoyed the charge, what happened to the others who didn’t enjoy it quite so much? And, cornfields. Do those look like cornfields to you?
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I went on a school trip to Berlin in 1987, before the fall of the Berlin wall, and on the way we went through Ypres and many battlefield graves from the First and Second World Wars. I remember only one, a grave with a photo of the soldier, fresh flowers and notes to him. I couldn’t comprehend how THIS soldier was known and remembered after all this time, surrounded by “Unknown Soldier”. He was a man, he had breathed, and he had died. I cried.
I like this one. Very much.
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