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AUGUST 4th 1914 - BRITAIN JOINS FIRST WORLD WAR
Today, 100 years later, we remember the courage of the men who fought for our country on the home and the fighting fronts (as well as the women who served as medics and munitionettes) and mourn as a nation for the people who lost their lives between 1914 and 1918.
"The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time." - Sir Edward Grey, British Foreign Secretary, 1914