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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 2199213" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>It has been said many times that every family in the UK lost at least one member of their extended family in that war.</p><p>Whilst searching for my illusive grandfather with no name in Todmorden, I came across a book "Todmorden and the Great War". What happened there was the recruiting staff organised enlistment meetings in a local hostelry, with a free bar all evening. Naturally, all the young men went along, believed the stories that they would be home for Christmas, got drunk, and signed up. There was no conscription in those days, it was all voluntary. They had no idea what lay ahead, believing it to be a bit of a war game, a chance to escape and see some of the world. Exciting stuff. From memory, the war memorial in Todmorden lists 650 men killed in action. Todmorden was a small place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 2199213, member: 94045"] It has been said many times that every family in the UK lost at least one member of their extended family in that war. Whilst searching for my illusive grandfather with no name in Todmorden, I came across a book "Todmorden and the Great War". What happened there was the recruiting staff organised enlistment meetings in a local hostelry, with a free bar all evening. Naturally, all the young men went along, believed the stories that they would be home for Christmas, got drunk, and signed up. There was no conscription in those days, it was all voluntary. They had no idea what lay ahead, believing it to be a bit of a war game, a chance to escape and see some of the world. Exciting stuff. From memory, the war memorial in Todmorden lists 650 men killed in action. Todmorden was a small place. [/QUOTE]
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