Stories of her presence comforting soldiers in the trenches of WWI abounded. |
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We all found him a very entertaining fellow, as he helped us pass the long, boring hours in the trenches of France. |
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In previous wars, horsed cavalry had performed such a role, but cavalry were generally of little use in the trenches of the Western Front. |
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My dad served in the trenches in the First World War and my mum's brother was killed on the Somme. |
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Tolkien was said to have based the battle scenes on his own experiences in the trenches of the First World War. |
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The fact that it is also set in the trenches of the First World War only helps. |
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To compound whatever he saw or experienced in the trenches of the First World War, the man was an alcoholic and a drug addict. |
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But, you know, we've been in the trenches on a number of issues that are important to communities all across this country. |
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The plaque commemorates some 600 Dawson men who went off to fight in the trenches of France and Belgium. |
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My Opa could remember hours spent at kindergarten unravelling jumpers to provide wool for socks for First World War soldiers in the trenches. |
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I've been out in the trenches but my moles have kept me informed of all the relevant footy gossip as we approach finals time again. |
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Few journalists covering prerevolutionary China can claim to be familiar with communist rebel life in the trenches. |
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They were like soldiers in the trenches when they dug in to repel waves of attack when beating the Dutch 1-0 at Lansdowne Road in the qualifiers. |
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Most of the shells fired by artillery guns were high explosive shells which could throw shrapnel over a wide distance in the trenches. |
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As old oceanic crust was consumed in the trenches, new magma rose and erupted along the spreading ridges to form new crust. |
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Let us therefore avoid giving ear to a lot of taradiddles about our soldiers in the trenches. |
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As players and mates, we are made up for him but it hurts to think he is no longer alongside us in the trenches. |
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Nearly the entire offensive line is returning, which may end up being the most important factor, since most games are won in the trenches. |
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The spirit of Dada and the other avant-garde art movements was forged in the trenches of World War One. |
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Private Bergot is not in the trenches like his higher-ranking officers, and he is not manning an anti-aircraft battery or a cannon. |
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He saw comrades cut down around him and endured innumerable sufferings in the trenches but miraculously survived. |
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Being in the studio is about digging in the trenches, rediscovering music and peeling off the layers to find out what it all means. |
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Pilots had some control over their fate, which gave them a status above the powerless foot soldiers in the trenches below. |
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We ground it out in the trenches, creating the identity of the magazine issue by issue. |
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Back in the trenches, he offered a prize to the first platoon to kick its football up to the German trenches on the day of the attack. |
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My great uncles fought in the trenches in the first world war and my father's generation were involved in the second world war. |
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He might be able to pass the ball through the eye of a needle, but would you like to be beside him in the trenches? |
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Naismith was recruited into the army at the start of World War I, but suffered gassing in the trenches which ruined his health. |
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The battles in the trenches were long and resulted in much more loss of life while the naval battles in most cases helped bring about the end of the war. |
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He's been in the trenches on a lot of issues, like veterans care. |
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His father fought for Soviet Russia in Afghanistan, his grandfather was an officer in the Waffen SS, and his great grandfather died in the trenches of Verdun. |
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They stood in the trenches, weapons unsheathed and arrows nocked on bows. |
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They couldn't always be there, in the trenches of the playground, behind the portables or by the monkey bars, watching Billy the Bully's every move. |
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From the re-start the rain started belting down, effectively killing off any enterprising backline play and the Bulldogs pack were left to slog it out in the trenches. |
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Look at the men playing football in the trenches in the First World War, the Thriller in Manila or the Rumble in the Jungle. |
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Comedians are in the trenches, the ones that get out of the trenches are ones in trouble. |
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My father was a soldier of the Great War, fighting in the trenches of France because of a shot fired in a city he'd never heard of called Sarajevo. |
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It was famously sung in the trenches of the First World War by Welsh regiments to keep their spirits up, and it's a firm favourite with Welsh rugby crowds. |
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It was not until the spring of 1918 that angel rumours were again spread through the elaborate grapevine that had developed in the trenches of the Western Front. |
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I was one of the brave men and younger men who was in the trenches of Grenada, sucking up mustard gas grenades that the lazy pinkos were tossing at us for 58 days straight. |
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Along with machine guns and poison gas, artillery guns played a prominent part in the trenches especially at battles such as the Somme and Verdun. |
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The Doughnut Girls of World War I are an early example, serving refreshments to troops in the trenches. |
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But it is often in the trenches that the truth is most apparent. |
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You don't go through the Big Ten year after year knocking heads in the trenches for all those games not earn that smashmouth reputation. |
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Bench pressing is the premier weightlifting exercise for the big boys who play in the trenches, both offensively and defensively. |
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The gallows humour set against the reality of life in the trenches showed exactly why the men needed to find something to laugh about. |
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Ocker is available for interviews about her time in the trenches and the lessons we can all gain. |
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In 1937 Faber published, In Parenthesis, the epic poem based on his first seven months in the trenches. |
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The war in the trenches of the Western Front had left a generation of maimed soldiers and war widows. |
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The consequences of this long period in the trenches on Jones's health were slow to emerge. |
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The story goes that Saunders Lewis was in the trenches in Belgium in 1916 when he was introduced to the writing of the French author Maurice Barres. |
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His experiences in the trenches were to prove important in his later painting and poetry, especially his involvement in the fighting at Mametz Wood. |
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