Surely this is trying to get Irish people to join? Not the prods (future Black and Tans).
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I remember seeing in some film set in the UK during WW1 where women would walk up to random young men who hadn’t enlisted and giving them white feathers as a symbol of cowardice. Basically public shaming, don’t think it happened here.
My Grandfather was 15 when he joined the Connaught Rangers – served in Flanders Fields as a Dispatch Rider – survived – Sent to SE Asia got Malaria – served in the Irish Army and then Post Office
The vast majority of Irish people were dressed in rags back then😏Great poster. Never saw it before.
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I never knew you could see Belgium from Ireland back then. And so clear too. Nowadays you’d be pushed to see Wales and that’s even from a height.
It’s mad how possibly 200,000 Irish men fought in the war and we barely study it in school, much more time is spent on WWII and the emergency.
Source Imperial War Museum: https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/irelands-role-in-the-first-world-war
I’d also recommend this interview from the late late show with Irish veteran from WW1 it’s really interesting.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DWnc-ZlIo5s
Happy sailing bitch.
Surely this is trying to get Irish people to join? Not the prods (future Black and Tans).
You can go
I remember seeing in some film set in the UK during WW1 where women would walk up to random young men who hadn’t enlisted and giving them white feathers as a symbol of cowardice. Basically public shaming, don’t think it happened here.
My Grandfather was 15 when he joined the Connaught Rangers – served in Flanders Fields as a Dispatch Rider – survived – Sent to SE Asia got Malaria – served in the Irish Army and then Post Office
The vast majority of Irish people were dressed in rags back then😏Great poster. Never saw it before.