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June 28th, 2007
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | Post; GET A LOAD OF THIS! UNQUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONTTruth is stranger than fiction! This Sunday brings the anniversary of 1 july 91 years ago at the Somme, when Captain Wifred Nevill of the 55th Brigade sent 4 platoons of The East Surreys over the top, each with a soccer ball, to compete in dribbling the balls up to the German front line through the machine gun fire. The first platoon there to win. Each ball was marked 'The Great European Cup-Tie Final - East Surreys versus the Bavarians.' Captain Nevill was mown down. Ref : Somme - The Heroism and Horror of War by Martin Gilbert. COMMAND THE FUTURE, CONQUER THE PAST. Last edited by Del Boy : June 28th, 2007 at 11:39 PM. |
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June 28th, 2007
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | That is so strange. thanks for sharing Del Boy! really weird.
__________________  And God said let there be Satan so people dont blame everything on me. And let there be lawyers so people dont blame everything on Satan. |
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