World War One

Bootie

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A Royal Irish Fusilier attempts to draw the fire of a Turkish sniper to reveal the enemy position Gallipoli 1915.


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My great-uncle Alf (my grandmas brother,below) copped it in WW1 many years before I was born, and while I can't help thinking what a waste of his and millions more lives, I also can't help thinking what an honour it is for any man to have an epitaph that reads 'Killed in Action'

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