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private james munro, one south african infa ntry james munro, one south african infantry regimen.y great—great—grandfather. .. my great great—great—grandfather. .. my great great uncle... voices and stories from around the world, in an army that came to ypres, men from distant corners of the empire fought and died alongside each other. bert began his attack here, decide the german bunker that now lies within tyne cot cemetery. the lancaster fusiliers made their way uphill towards passchendaele village, and a spot which bert later said he would never forget. we came across, would have been about 100 yards square, of bodies. that had been caught in an artillery shrapnel attack. they were absolutely massacred. tyne cot may not see an event of this scale again, it has been a place of pilgrimage for a century, and it is likely to remain so for generations to come. well the ceremony finished a short time ago, and as it came to a close there was a flypast by the belgian air force. the f16s flew in a missing man formation to honour all those who were wounded, died or went missing in north

and the majesty of the words and the brilliance behind the words, not only of james madison, but james munro, george mason, and monroe,- but james george mason and others. >> everybody wants to look at america as the model of a working democracy. many of us don't agree that it is actually working right now. but that is a whole other subject. i'm trying to stay positive today. let's just channel our angels and say this democracy is a model. . it is a reminder of everything good about this country, that we all love and celebrate on the fourth of july, instead of going into the divisions, at least for i amurs, i'm holding -- hoping that everyone can hold celebrate thend founding fathers and the amazing gift they gave us in the constitution, that we can celebrate. >> what of the participants is actress kerry washington. -- without the consent of our legislature, he has decided to render the military independent of and superior to civil powers . giving his assent to their acts of attended legislation. >> on the words that built america, alexandra pelosi is joining us. we're taking your calls. goo

private james munro won south african infantry regiment, killed in action on the 20th of september 19sonality. private edward michael batten, 13th platoon the company, 45th battalion australian imperial force. a crazier from new south wales. my my great uncle sergeantjohn kerwin, the duke of wellington ‘s west riding regiment. throughout my childhood i was intrigued by his portrait which hung in my grandparents home in durham. killed in action 10th of october 1917 grandparents home in durham. killed in action 10th of 0ctober1917 aged 22. the commemorations there at tyne cot ce m ete ry 22. the commemorations there at tyne cot cemetery in belgium. a little bit of breaking news to bring you. news you will know in the centre of glasgow. a power cut is affecting large parts of glasgow city centre and buchanan gallery shopping centre is evacuated. we will bring you news of why that has happened as soon is we know. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour, but first — the headlines on bbc news: 100 years on from passchendaele — ceremonies are held to mark one of the bloodiest ba

private james munro. 0ne south african infantry regiment... my great great grandfather... uncle, private walter stevenson... voices and stories from around the world. in the army, men from distant corners of the empire fought and died alongside each other. bert began his attack here beside the german bunkers that now lies within tyne cot cemetery. the lancashire fusiliers made its way up here towards passchendaele village and a spot bert later said he would never forget. we came across what would be about 100 yards square of bodies that had been caught in an artillery shrapnel attack. they were absolutely massacred. tyne cot may not see an event on this scale again, but it has been a place of pilgrimage for a cemetery but it has been a place of pilgrimage for a century and is likely to remain so for generations to come. tyne cot cemetery is an extraordinary sight and i am joined by the senior head gardener who is one of the people who makes it look so one of the people who makes it look so immaculate. today must be a special day to have this commemorative santini of servic

private james munro. 0ne south african infantry regiment... my great great grandfather...great, great uncle, private walter stevenson... voices and stories from around the world. in the army, members fought and died alongside each other. bert began his attack here beside the german bunkers that now lies within tyne cot cemetery. the lancashire fusiliers made its way up here towards passchendaele village and a spot bert later said he would never forget. we came across what would be about 100 yards square of bodies that had been caught in an artillery shrapnel attack. they were absolutely massacred. experiences shared on both sides of the lions. after crawling to the bleeding remains of my colleagues, and fleeing the rage of military fire in search of rescue —— rescue, i waited for death at any moment. you don't know what flanders means. flanders means endless endurance, blood and scraps of human bodies. flanders means a red carriage and faithful son death. tyne cot may not see an event on this scale again, but it has been a place of pilgrimage for a cemetery and is likely t

private james munro. 0ne south african infantry regiment... my great great grandfather...reat uncle, private auster stevenson... —— walter. uncle, private auster stevenson... -- walter. voices and stories from around the world. in the army, members fought and died alongside each other. bert began his attack here aside the german bunkers that now lies within cot cemetery. the lancashire fusiliers made its way appeared towards passchendaele village and a spot bert slater said he would never forget. we came across what would be about 100 yards square of bodies that had been caught in an artillery shrapnel attack. they were absolutely massacred. tyne cot may not see an event on this scale again but it has been a place of pilgrimage for a cemetery and is likely to remain so for generations to come. the ceremony here at tyne cot finished a short time ago. some of the descendants, 4000 or so who have made the journey out from britain to belgium and have been here for that commemorative service at tyne cot are right now just filing commemorative service at tyne cot are right nowju

private james munro, ist south african infantry regiment.sonality." my great—great—grandfather, rifleman stanley durra nt of the king's royal rifle corps. killed in action on the 24th of august 1917. his son, my grandfather, was only three years old. my great—great—uncle private walter stevenson of the 4th battalion grenadier guards. a coal miner and amateur footballer. killed in action on the 29th ofjuly 1916. age 20. private dafydd griffith of the 7th battalion the king's shropshire light infantry. killed in action on the 26th of september 1917. his younger brother was killed three months later. my great—great—uncle and namesake?, sergeant william rhodes, cheshire regiment, awarded the distinguished conduct medal. killed in action on the 31st ofjuly1917. 100 years ago today, the third battle of ypres began. at ten to fourin battle of ypres began. at ten to four in the morning, less than five miles from here, thousands of men, drawn from across britain, france and the commonwealth, attacked german lines. the battle we know today as passchen

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