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Thread #133459   Message #3029729
Posted By: Sandra in Sydney
11-Nov-10 - 04:54 PM
Thread Name: BS: Armistice Day/Remembrance Day 2010
Subject: RE: BS: Armistice Day/Remembrance Day 2010
Silas - thanks for the reference, I'll look ro it.

I've seen many pics of the French battlefields in the past few years. I've also seen the army records of several of my grandmother's brothers. They included medical records - wounds & Trench foot, which was an extreme form of tinia (to trivialise it) cause - living in water fro days/weeks/months. Treatment took weeks/month & soldiers could be charged for getting it - they didn't keep their boots in good condition & their feet dry! A regulation no doubt written by someone in Head Office.

sandra