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Grey Wolf
 Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
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22nd May 1915
Today is the 98th anniversary of the Quintinshill rail disaster, Britain's worst ever in terms of deaths:
http://en.wikipedia....l_rail_disaster http://www.railbrit....page/maymorning http://www.railwaysa....php?eventID=85 The irony of men going off to fight for king and country and actually losing their lives on British soil is sobering, to say the least. Memorial to the men of 7th Royal Scots: http://www.geograph....k/photo/2934486 Let us not forget. Mike.
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