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In memory of lives lost 1914-1918

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world war I, 4 August 1914, emma wallisBy the end of 4 August 1914, Europe was at war.

Diplomacy had failed. The tragedy had begun.

It drew in people from every continent, killing millions and bringing down empires.

But did we learn our lesson?

All this year, writes Emma Wallis, I’ve been avidly consuming the TV dramas, the recreations, the poetry and the literature relating to the First World War and its anniversary.

And every time I read, watch or listen, I cry.

It doesn’t matter who died or whose side they were on. What is sad is the senseless waste of life: that millions of ordinary people, like us, got swept up into that horror and were forced to lay down their lives in the mud and the earth.

We remember you.

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