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Old 26-04-17, 01:35 PM
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© IWM (Q 11372)
Battle of Cambrai. German prisoners bringing in British wounded to the 57th Division's advanced dressing station (in the grounds of a chateau, just outside Cambrai), 8 October 1918.

Notice the Royal Fusiliers private on the right.Also notice that the man on the stretcher is now up to his 5th wound...

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With just over a month of fighting left to go, I do sincerely hope that every man in the photo survived the war, friend and foe alike.
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Do you think that chap on the stretcher has been wounded enough ? Poor chap.
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Do you think that chap on the stretcher has been wounded enough ? Poor chap.
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Well after all,his wound was good enough for a "blighty" and be out of the war.
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I think that grenadierguardsman was referring to the presence of the four wound stripes on the poor b*gg*rs left sleeve, as you pointed out, his 5th wound.
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