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There are five posts for
Armistice Day in The Copy Book. To see
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1
The Making of Tommy Atkins
ByMajor-General Sir George John Younghusband
In all his years of soldiering at home and abroad, Major-General George Younghusband had never heard British soldiers talk like those in Kipling’s tales.
PostedNovember 9 2020
2
The Gift of Life
ByA. G. Gardiner
When columnist ‘Alpha of the Plough’ was asked to select his most memorable moment of the
Great War, he told the story of HMS Formidable.
PostedOctober 30 2020
3
The Unknown Warrior
ByA. G. Gardiner
On the day that the Unknown Warrior was laid to rest in Westminster Abbey,
‘Alpha of the Plough’ wondered if the country would prove worthy of him.
PostedAugust 12 2020
4
‘Recessional’
ByRudyard Kipling
A heartfelt plea for humility at the height of Britain’s Empire.
PostedFebruary 6 2017
5
Armistice Day
ByClay Lane
Armistice Day is the anniversary of
the end of the First World War on the 11th of November, 1918.
