Facebook Twitter Pinterest French troops wearing an early form of gas mask in the trenches during the 2nd Battle of Ypres. Since 1928, a similar daily ritual has been performed at the stroke of 8pm by volunteers, a tradition broken only by a period of occupation in the second world war. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Rehearsals for the production of War Horse at the National Theatre, London, based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Rows of headstones at Tyne Cot cemetery in Zonnebeke, Belgium, where almost 12,000 men are buried. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Harry Patch, who fought at Passchendaele, at the Menin Gate in 2007 at the age of 109.

Source: The Guardian July 29, 2017 06:01 UTC