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The order to hold at all costs is nothing new in military history. I think the English translation has over-dramatised it a bit. In original German text would have sounded quite normal. The Western Front photos show John Giles , the founder of the WFA, here wearing hat (at Trônes Wood) , to his left and right are two WWI veterans, who were there at the time (1916), one of them, William Grover (light jacket) is wearing his medal ribbons! The other was Bert Russill, who was at Lenze Wald (Bois de Leuze?). Unfortunately, I never recorded their regiment or rank, I think Grover was a private in an infantry regiment. They both made a fresh and lively impression at the time, that is now 35 years ago.