I watched “All quiet in the western front” the other evening on Netflix and Christ that war was pure hell, very good movie btw.
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Had a great uncle who died in Gallipoli in 1915. He was shot 9 times storming a Turkish machine gun position, unfortunately succumbed to his wounds and died in Plymouth harbour due to be transferred to a military hospital. My father found his grave through the commonwealth war grave society and has visited it a few times. We have his service medals awarded posthumously and his photograph on the wall at home.
Private Gerald A Coffey 770. Connaught rangers.
What’s with the shitty meme pic?
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Bless them all.
Just imagine how many more would have died if the UK Gov managed to introduce conscription.
Something that a lot of ‘rising wasn’t necessary’ revisionists tend to overlook.
Less we forget.
If the first world war never happened nor would the successful irish war of independence. In an odd way they give their lives for your independence.
Armistice Snake. You went to a very weird place in your head when deciding on an image choice. I’m assuming you’re young, still weird though.
My great uncle died at the battle of Passchendaele in the summer of 1917.
He was part of the Royal Irish Regiment, 6th Bn, and was from Co. Longford.
They never found his body. Only 27 years old.
His name is inscribed on the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing in Ypres, Belgium.
I hope to visit one of these days and pay my respects.
Snake…..nooooooo
RIP poor young lads, on all sides. Absolute hell in the truest sense of the word.
I think it’s weird everyone getting thick over the Big boss pic.
A great great uncle of mine joined the Welsh Fusiliers. Was blown to pieces in Cambrai in 1915 or there abouts. A brother of his was in the IRB. Strange times.
They’re remembered with the Lily like all other Irish soldiers who fought for Ireland. Not the poppy which represents the black and tans and the black watch
First of all, leave commemorating British army soldiers to the British.
Secondly, a bit cringe to use a video game screenshot.
What a thrill…. With darkness and silence through the night….
When you think about it, it’s not impossible, that the Unknown Warrior may have left this island. Whatever his politics were, or what brought him to Belgium.
Any idea how many Irish died in the Royal Navy in WW1? I know some died off Chile in the Battle of Coronel but the army figure seems to get more focus.
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, obviously.
There is nothing good to remember about the institution that is the British military but it is indeed sad that many young men lost their lives for pointless imperial politics.
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Fought for the wrong country and for the wrong cause
WW1 was a tragedy of the cheapness of human life, all for the disgusting notion of empire and nobility.
No. Fuck that. I’ll never commemorate the needless sacrifice of millions for an unjust cause. Especially those that fought to maintain the British empire.
Remember them (on all sides), pity their needless death, and be angry at the establishment that caused it.
While I’m not the biggest fan of our people fighting for a foreign power, the courage those men had was unmatched
My great grandad was gassed in the trenches, mustard gas. Went back to Glasgow in horrible condition, real Frank McCourt stuff and died 2 years after returning from the effects. My orphaned grandad was then brought to Ireland (mother died of TB). On the other side of the family, my great grandad was a drummer boy in the boar war and survived… Obviously. Became a carpenter and was the foreman on the rebuilding of the gpo after 1916. My grandad then joined the raf (born and raised in Dublin) and was a bomber sergent on Lancaster bombers. On a run from dresden his plane was shot down (it actually survived the journey) and everyone balied out owing to fire. He landed in pitch darkness, hadn’t a notion where he was and walked for what he reckoned was 10 miles. Out of desperation, he knocked on a farmhouse and lo and behold they were Welsh. What luck. Anyone that has a direct relative that fought in these wars, your sole existence is down to luck.
No poppy. We use the Lily.
lol why snake
I’m watching The Rebellion on Netflix, it’s a great show. I’m not Irish so I don’t know your history perfectly, but the more I watch it the more I despise the Brits lol
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I don’t know of any relatives of mine that died in the war but my heart goes out to all who died over pointless pride and ego. A generation lost to a couple of mad men in high places
“We have so much to say, and we shall never say it”
I often find World War 1 gets to me bedause of how entirely pointless the whole affair was. It was a war between imperialist powers started for the sake of it. The amount of stories that were cut short, dreams abandoned, love that would never happen, songs that would never be sung by that war is such a crime that they should never be forgotten.
Two of my grandmother’s uncles fought in the war. Both survived but one was gassed and, according to my father, his lungs never fully recovered. They served in separate units but encountered one another on the battlefield. One went on to serve in the Old IRA during the War of Independence. The other moved to England and married an English woman.
On the other side of my family, my great-grandmother’s sister was engaged to a man who was killed while serving in the British Army during the war. I don’t think she ever subsequently married.
My great grandfather moved to Ireland from Birmingham just before ‘The Great War’ broke out.
He enlisted with the Connacht Rangers and fought at the battle of hill 60 on the western front in Ypres.
Was medically discharged after being thrown by an exploding shell.
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Why use an American video game character here?
I watched “All quiet in the western front” the other evening on Netflix and Christ that war was pure hell, very good movie btw.
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Sssnnnaaaaaaaakkkkkeee
Had a great uncle who died in Gallipoli in 1915. He was shot 9 times storming a Turkish machine gun position, unfortunately succumbed to his wounds and died in Plymouth harbour due to be transferred to a military hospital. My father found his grave through the commonwealth war grave society and has visited it a few times. We have his service medals awarded posthumously and his photograph on the wall at home.
Private Gerald A Coffey 770. Connaught rangers.
What’s with the shitty meme pic?
Press X to pay respect
Bless them all.
Just imagine how many more would have died if the UK Gov managed to introduce conscription.
Something that a lot of ‘rising wasn’t necessary’ revisionists tend to overlook.
Less we forget.
If the first world war never happened nor would the successful irish war of independence. In an odd way they give their lives for your independence.
Armistice Snake. You went to a very weird place in your head when deciding on an image choice. I’m assuming you’re young, still weird though.
My great uncle died at the battle of Passchendaele in the summer of 1917.
He was part of the Royal Irish Regiment, 6th Bn, and was from Co. Longford.
They never found his body. Only 27 years old.
His name is inscribed on the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing in Ypres, Belgium.
I hope to visit one of these days and pay my respects.
Snake…..nooooooo
RIP poor young lads, on all sides. Absolute hell in the truest sense of the word.
I think it’s weird everyone getting thick over the Big boss pic.
A great great uncle of mine joined the Welsh Fusiliers. Was blown to pieces in Cambrai in 1915 or there abouts. A brother of his was in the IRB. Strange times.
They’re remembered with the Lily like all other Irish soldiers who fought for Ireland. Not the poppy which represents the black and tans and the black watch
First of all, leave commemorating British army soldiers to the British.
Secondly, a bit cringe to use a video game screenshot.
What a thrill…. With darkness and silence through the night….
When you think about it, it’s not impossible, that the Unknown Warrior may have left this island. Whatever his politics were, or what brought him to Belgium.
Any idea how many Irish died in the Royal Navy in WW1? I know some died off Chile in the Battle of Coronel but the army figure seems to get more focus.
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, obviously.
There is nothing good to remember about the institution that is the British military but it is indeed sad that many young men lost their lives for pointless imperial politics.
F
F
Fought for the wrong country and for the wrong cause
WW1 was a tragedy of the cheapness of human life, all for the disgusting notion of empire and nobility.
No. Fuck that. I’ll never commemorate the needless sacrifice of millions for an unjust cause. Especially those that fought to maintain the British empire.
Remember them (on all sides), pity their needless death, and be angry at the establishment that caused it.
While I’m not the biggest fan of our people fighting for a foreign power, the courage those men had was unmatched
My great grandad was gassed in the trenches, mustard gas. Went back to Glasgow in horrible condition, real Frank McCourt stuff and died 2 years after returning from the effects. My orphaned grandad was then brought to Ireland (mother died of TB). On the other side of the family, my great grandad was a drummer boy in the boar war and survived… Obviously. Became a carpenter and was the foreman on the rebuilding of the gpo after 1916. My grandad then joined the raf (born and raised in Dublin) and was a bomber sergent on Lancaster bombers. On a run from dresden his plane was shot down (it actually survived the journey) and everyone balied out owing to fire. He landed in pitch darkness, hadn’t a notion where he was and walked for what he reckoned was 10 miles. Out of desperation, he knocked on a farmhouse and lo and behold they were Welsh. What luck. Anyone that has a direct relative that fought in these wars, your sole existence is down to luck.
No poppy. We use the Lily.
lol why snake
I’m watching The Rebellion on Netflix, it’s a great show. I’m not Irish so I don’t know your history perfectly, but the more I watch it the more I despise the Brits lol
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I don’t know of any relatives of mine that died in the war but my heart goes out to all who died over pointless pride and ego. A generation lost to a couple of mad men in high places
“We have so much to say, and we shall never say it”
I often find World War 1 gets to me bedause of how entirely pointless the whole affair was. It was a war between imperialist powers started for the sake of it. The amount of stories that were cut short, dreams abandoned, love that would never happen, songs that would never be sung by that war is such a crime that they should never be forgotten.
Two of my grandmother’s uncles fought in the war. Both survived but one was gassed and, according to my father, his lungs never fully recovered. They served in separate units but encountered one another on the battlefield. One went on to serve in the Old IRA during the War of Independence. The other moved to England and married an English woman.
On the other side of my family, my great-grandmother’s sister was engaged to a man who was killed while serving in the British Army during the war. I don’t think she ever subsequently married.
My great grandfather moved to Ireland from Birmingham just before ‘The Great War’ broke out.
He enlisted with the Connacht Rangers and fought at the battle of hill 60 on the western front in Ypres.
Was medically discharged after being thrown by an exploding shell.
Ok but why the fucking Metal Gear screenshot
Respect o7