My maternal Grandfather died for King and Country 24 October 1918 - killed by influenza while waiting to be posted to a front line battalion from the Canadian Expeditionary Force replacement pool in France.
Mom was born the following May and Grandmother was denied her meager widow's pension as he had not died in combat.
Perhaps the most pointless, futile, ill-managed and far-reaching war since 1648 and maybe since ancient times; one where the consequences continue to haunt us even today. We should never forget but we should also strive to understand what happened without glorifying or romanticizing the thing.
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