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NOVEMBER 2018 ISSUE 045
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100 YEARS It’s important to remember & learn from the past, so that we live well in the present with hope for the future Dean of Winchester, Very Reverend Catherine Ogle They gave their lives so that we were able to exercise freedom and democracy, and for that we shall always remember them Steve Brine MP
Tommys remembered in Netley page 2
Extraordinary Great War correspondence from the front line page 11
It’s us thinking about them that keeps them alive. So many young men from towns, villages and cities across Hampshire were lost - so that we could have the freedoms we’ve got today Seán Woodward, Recreation and Heritage, Hampshire County Council The example and experience of those who lived through it shaped the world we live in today. Thank You to all who served, sacrificed and changed our world Royal British Legion The Great War was sometimes named the ‘war to end all wars!’ Unfortunately it was not a lesson that we learned. Nonetheless we celebrate the centenary of its ending - not to glorify war, but in memory of the selfless sacrifice of those millions who died. Frank Pearson, Mayor of Winchester
Winchester schoolchildren make pilgrimage to Ypres page 16