“OLD CONTEMPTIBLES” LAY WREATH.—Three veterans of the 1914-18 war about to lay a wreath at the war memorial in the Cathedral grounds after morning service yesterday. From left are Mr E. Coward (1st Dorset Regiment), Mr G. TUI (Royal Field Artillery), and Mr F. Carpenter (19th Hussars). In the background is Mrs Carpenter. The “Old Contemptibles” are 1914 British soldiers who take their name from the Kaiser’s misguided reference to the British Expeditionary Force as a “contemptible little army.”
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31441, 7 August 1967, Page 20
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79“OLD CONTEMPTIBLES” LAY WREATH.—Three veterans of the 1914-18 war about to lay a wreath at the war memorial in the Cathedral grounds after morning service yesterday. From left are Mr E. Coward (1st Dorset Regiment), Mr G. TUI (Royal Field Artillery), and Mr F. Carpenter (19th Hussars). In the background is Mrs Carpenter. The “Old Contemptibles” are 1914 British soldiers who take their name from the Kaiser’s misguided reference to the British Expeditionary Force as a “contemptible little army.” Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31441, 7 August 1967, Page 20
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