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On 1 July 1916, the British Army endured the bloodiest day in its history, suffering 57,470 casualties, including 19,240 dead on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Most of the casualties occurred in the first hour of the attack.In the trenches: Royal Irish Rifles in a communications trench, 1 July 1916.

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At the eleventh hourof the eleventh dayof the eleventh month …..We Will Remember Them

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11 November 2008 marks 90 years since the end of World War I. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 the guns of Europe fell silent after four years of bitter fighting.Three of the four surviving British veterans of World War I have helped mark the 90th anniversary of the end of the conflict.Henry Allingham, 112, Harry Patch, 110, and Bill Stone, 108, represented the RAF, Army and Royal Navy respectively at a ceremony at London’s Cenotaph.

	“Well, it was a time, that I recall, I saw too many things I would like to forget but I will never forget them, I never can forget them,” Henry Allingham
	Harry Patch is the last surviving British soldier to have served in the third battle of Ypres (the battle of Passchendaele) in which more than 70,000 British troops died.
	“I shall never forget it. I was one of the lucky ones and I’m thankful for that.” Bill Stone

“Those men must not be forgotten ever. They sacrificed everything on my behalf, and your behalf as well.” Henry Allinghamhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/remembrance/

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