tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post3427290014679950630..comments2024-03-28T12:21:46.299-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Happy Birthday Rudyard: Kipling and the Imperial War Graves Commissionsnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-64183465974183819222016-01-03T06:23:55.763-08:002016-01-03T06:23:55.763-08:00"One never gets over the shock of this Dead S..."One never gets over the shock of this Dead Sea of arrested lives..." A great quote which I will use. Thanks for that and your fine articles! David Wayne Shueyhttp://www.historyteller.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-55480457746361400722015-12-30T17:37:17.693-08:002015-12-30T17:37:17.693-08:00Cyril, As you can see above, it's never too l...Cyril, As you can see above, it's never too late to update things on the Internet. Thanks for the fine image of RK. It captures him much better than the image it replaced.Mike Hanlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02582949131010625505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-46767110187516920462015-12-30T14:47:55.975-08:002015-12-30T14:47:55.975-08:00On New Year's Eve 2015 and 100 years on anothe...On New Year's Eve 2015 and 100 years on another well written and so very enthralling piece of WW1 history that I had no idea about prior to today's blog. Thank you to you and to Rudyard Kipling and the War Graves Commission.<br /><br />Margaretnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-11856908305131960792015-12-30T13:25:29.407-08:002015-12-30T13:25:29.407-08:00I have a cigarette card set titled Builders of the...I have a cigarette card set titled Builders of the Empire by the maker J Wix & Co. It contains a photo with a description of Kipling.<br />Unfortunately there is no way for me to upload the image.CyrilMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02741281055451495599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-31113650634872097712015-12-30T11:12:03.247-08:002015-12-30T11:12:03.247-08:00I read in the foreword to Kipling's Second bat...I read in the foreword to Kipling's Second battalion Irish Guards that Jack Kipling's grave had been identified by some very good detective work and that his grave is properly markedbill o'neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01987598176551650867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-85953505108399667922015-12-30T09:55:15.984-08:002015-12-30T09:55:15.984-08:00My paternal grandmother's brother, Paul Masem,...My paternal grandmother's brother, Paul Masem, 27th Infantry Division, AEF, was KIA 27 Sep 1918, just before the final Allied push. My grandmother died in 1943 while Dad was in Navy boot camp for WW II. My oldest brother Steve died 23 Dec 2007. While preparing for his funeral on Christmas Day, I found a letter written to my grandmother by a cook named "Fredrick". She had never Maria Schnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10869852800123983889noreply@blogger.com