Elizabeth: True True, it wasn't until the 2nd WW that the gentlemen (officers) stopped using derogatory terms, seems like the "gentlemen" finally learned their lesson Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Reid" <bluebel2@tpg.com.au> To: <MIDLOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 6:28 AM Subject: [MLN] Mine Worker Records > "But see what fine soldiers we have made of them!" > > Well that probably is true ! My Grandfather who I mentioned in my first > email, enlisted in 1914 and went thru WW1 until 1918. At the time of > enlisting, he was 43 years old, and came out of the pub one Saturday and > straight into the recruiting office, he left a wife and nine children and > marched off to the battlefields of France, he went thru the Somme and > other > bloody battles. Meanwhile Haig and his cronies were making a complete > *&%^* > of things in the comfort of company headquarters or his London home. I > have > a photo of my Grandfather in a family photo after the war, with his five > medals pinned on his waistcoat , it has pride of place in my lounge room. > Aye they bred them tough in those days. > The scum of the earth won 'the war to end all wars' . > > Elizabeth > > > > > > > >> Regarding the remark about the"scum of the earth": apparently Wellington >> went on to say, which >> makes it not quite so bad! >> >> Best wishes, >> Sheena Ireland >> >> >> Poor people have never received the rspect they deserve. One of my >> GGG's, >> James Pocock, was an illiterate soldier who fought with the Cameron >> Highlanders through the Peninsula Campaigns and was crippled when shot >> through both thighs at Waterloo. He received five medals - and a pension > of >> pennies. The noble Duke of Wellington said the soldiers who fought for > him >> were "the scum of the earth." Should there be a hereafter, I intend to > have >> a word with His Wretched Grace which he won't like, about that remark! >> >> Sonia Murray >> Biloxi, MS USA >> >> ______________________________ > > >