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September 20th, 2005   Post 1
LeEnfield
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Post; First World War Vet Dies


George Rice aged 108 died last week, he was one of a handful of WW1 Vets remaining from the 5.4 million men that fought in this war. George joined the Durham Light Infantry at 17 and was a machine gunner in the trenches.
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September 21st, 2005   Post 2
texasrebel211
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RIP

those few left will be gone soon, and then after that the WW2 vets

death is a sad thing but it will happen anyway
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September 21st, 2005   Post 3
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True, and they were members of some of the best generations of all time.

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September 21st, 2005   Post 4
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Originally Posted by hoohaa310
True, and they were members of some of the best generations of all time.

Ditto!