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Eerste Wereldoorlog : Mobilisatie, oorlogsverklaring : Jongens van het Eton college tijdens oefening, met pakken aan en hoge hoeden op en geweer over de schouders. Engeland, 1915.
The Great War. First World War, mobilization, declaration of war: pupils of Eton college exercising in suit and high hat, rifle over the shoulder. England, 1915.
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K@ja 55 months ago | reply
Blimey! They're so young! I can't help but wonder how many (or rather few) of these young men returned to Britain alive.
Jaime Lee 55 months ago | reply
Oh, that is the saddest picture I think I've ever seen. How many of those young men died?
doustpauline of > \whatwhenwhere/ <all behind. 55 months ago | reply
stunning biziare photo
SF buckaroo 51 months ago | reply
A vivid reminder that England sent it's upper crust to fight this war. How different things are now (especially in the US where the armed forces are comprised primarily of poorly educated kids from poor families).
Big Lion Head 40 months ago | reply
Are these not the infamous 'The Eton Rifles' and is it not more likely that these were the ones who sent the 'oiks' over the top?
Benedict Evans 40 months ago | reply
Big Lion Head - highest casualties by far were amongst junior officers. In proportion, more public schoolboys died than anyone else.
Big Lion Head 40 months ago | reply
Don't talk wet...
There were over 1.5 million British deaths in the first world war. The majority of which were working class boys and not Public school boys. By measuring the statistics in terms of 'proportion', by which you mean 'relatively speaking', is disingenuous at best.
A whole generation was almost obliterated as a consequence of that conflict. A working class generation and not an upper-class generation who arguably and perhaps ironically, had a major hand in the actual cause of war in the first place.