The Somme
Sir, —About this time 46 years ago one of the bloodiest battles in British history was at the height of its carnage and devastation, yet one does not seem to have seen much reference to it anywhere. This, perhaps, is hardly surprising when one has heard a middle-aged man of apparently normal intelligence say reflectively, when this particular battle was mentioned in hts hearing, “The Somme? Wasn’t that something to do with the first world war?” Furthermore, one understands that there are young people to whom, even in this country, the word ‘‘Gallipoli, ” is without any significance.—Yours, etc.,
LES BOEUFS. September 18, 1962.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29931, 19 September 1962, Page 7
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