As soon as war was declared in 1914, thousands of volunteers descended on a tent city for some very basic training Britain declared war on the Kaiser’s Germany
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Robert Shankland Date of Deed: October 26, 1917 Location: Passchendaele, Belgium
Cecil Kinross Date of Deed: October 30, 1917 Location: Passchendaele, Belgium Portrait by Sharif Tarabay
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