Countdown to July 1st - WW1 vets return to Beaumont Hamel 

Well said,Sir.

Same here, very interesting and sombre place.

So many people forget that Scots fought at Beaumont Hamel as well on that day

Kenya__Cameroon77 Lots of commonwealth soldiers did, however more prominently Canadians

@@kennycameron828 so did my country men from ulster we bled at beaumont

@@fijiarc2090 Well Newfoundland was it's own country during WW1

@@Countrybananas too right

He's 87.

Yup. The Mount Pearl curl was in full effect.

Could tell by the perms and mullets...ugh. I remember the 80s as a decade with only one true disaster- the fashion disaster. Otherwise peace not war, the decade I spent my childhood in.

When I moved to Halifax and joined the navy in 2012 I didnt have much, my nans old couch was sent to my new place it was like that.

indeed, what if all those dead soldiers and all those vets could see their countries today, would they think it was worth it? Did they die for Africa and Asia to take over Europe and the West? Or so feminists could free bleed and oppose manspreading? For abortion? Or freaks running around on the streets with feathers up their ass? They had completely different values, the values which are spat upon today. Let's face it: they died for nothing, thanks to their descendants.

@@rafopderand8524 I'm sure you know this "Did I fight for this?" memes. Yes, you may say many of us are bad heirs to our forefathers. However, I feel like their generation wasn't so serious about passing on a stable heritage either. The pompous pride of entire nations blazing into WWI to settle the account once and for all - and seeing all they had collapse, that's where it started. How ironic does it seem to me to see Britain pulling together all its strength as a naval nation in WWII just to see that afterwards the empire was gone and they were just a little soon-to-be post-industrial country. Only ficticious stories like those of James Bond could keep up the memories of world domination.

klilinoklire I agree with parts of both of you...to me, it’s not so simple as black and white.

Yeah, great. Make this about you and your precious bitterness.

@@Conn30Mtenor It sucks to see their sacrifice wasted.

Tweet Protocol that statistic is including ALL military personal combined.... and no doubt the navy to. Some regiments spent a shocking amount of time on the front line .

The entire point is that they could be able to play and can be ignorant of war. They can learn when they can fully understand.

@@ninjaproofreader8289 Well said.