GUEST - 29 Nov 15 - 10:23 AM - hello Raggy I wondered when you would pop up again, given up and got confused as to whether it was Pendant or Pedant?

"I've checked the fields upon fields of white slabs and as far as I can tell, they are still dead.

Presumably someone is responsible?"

Yes Raggy - the enemy and as things turn out there are fields of Black Crosses far more of those than the white slabs you looked at and they too are all still dead and our forefathers, British, Commonwealth & Empire, Frenchmen and Belgians were responsible for their deaths - you see Raggy there was a war going on a war that neither our forefathers, British, Commonwealth & Empire, Frenchmen and Belgians were responsible for, and in war Raggy men die.

The Balfour Education Act that came into force in 1902

Fisher Act of 1918 is irrelevant to the point being discussed.

As for ship loads of 12 and 13 year olds being bundled off to war - that is total bunk the example you gave was one of two so please just for once in your rantings try and inject just a hint of perspective. The boy who was present at the Battle of the Somme was physically truly remarkable for the time - how many 12 year olds even today do you know that are 6' 2"tall requirement for the Army of the day was 5' 3" with no birth certificates no wonder he passed the physical requirements.

The other thing that neither yourself Jom or you Raggy seem to be able to grasp is the fact that when in 1914 all those volunteers came flooding forwards the Army couldn't do anything with them so they were told to go home and await their call up so someone who volunteered in 1914 didn't just walk through a door to be marched off issued with a uniform put through basic training to be then given a gun and packed off to the front. In 1914 and early 1915 the priority was to get the reserves and the territorials back into uniform and up to speed.

If Tommy Kenny's family have his service records then Jom I would advise you to get back in touch with them and then you could really take a swipe at the British Government, Army and establishment and press for a full investigation of these murders witnessed by Tommy Kenny - Now I suggest that course of action knowing full well that you will not lift your arse out of your comfy chair in Milton Malby - because you know it will lead to nothing as there were no summary executions - your Tommy Kenny story seems to change all the time - in fact every time you are drip fed information by me with regard to its inconsistencies. Not very credible at all.