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R.M.Gale (GS) Many refs, see summary e.g. 15.1.18 "I don't want to serve my country. I did once but not know" 31.7.18 - Disappearance of ideals. 21.10.16 "Fed up" - contrasts feelings with great enthusiasm in 1915.

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A.W.Blenkinsop (Aust.) Diary "This village is of no consequence and just the opposite to what anyone could expect ... what I see is this: as long as a man can stand on his feet he will be kept at it. 27.11.16 (Resting after weeks on the Somme).

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W.J.Brockman (W/F Recoil) P35/36 - after demob "Land fit for heroes" a myth.

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A.J.Richardson (GS) Post war disillusion. P100-101 - English statesmen were afraid of "Germany as a peace competitor", and lured French statesmen into a "plot".

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E.G.Routley (GS) Letter 3 (Sept.1916) - "It would be glorious [to die] if you could have a fair fight, but it's absolute murder here and you don't get a sporting chance".

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H.Juggins (GS) Memoir - extract from letter 22.7.17: "although I am content to do my duty cheerfully in the trenches, I am very resentful of the treatment we receive ... we got back from the front line on Tuesday morning at 3.30am and had to be on parade in full marching order and all poshed up by 11am".

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J. McCawley L/Cpl. Manx soldier's war diary 67-68. 'Millions of us - all fools, fools, fools! - seeing to annihilate each other on a dozen battle fields, on the high seas, in the air and under the sea'.

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