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Remembering the Last Post being played made the suffered from mental illnesses endured
while fighting for their country) were
ceremony even more poignant.
their sacrifice Olivia George (S4) slaughtered by their own men. I felt these
When we left Thiepval Monument, I was men were used as pawns in a war of
Representatives from a group who had shocked by how many people’s names politics and upper class quarrels.
earlier in the year visited the areas that were there. Seeing the amount of people Euan Keatinge (S4)
were once the front line of battle in the remembered there really put the reality of The most memorable part of the trip was
First World War addressed Senior School the war into perspective. seeing the trenches in person and seeing
assembly to recount their experiences.
Calum Mitchell (S4) how cramped they were. It helped me
Jasper Harris and Cameron Lambert spoke
about their time in France and Belgium, The most memorable part of the trip was understand the struggles the soldiers
notably reflecting on the ceremony they going to the sites of real battles, seeing faced. Fraser Kentish (S4)
attended at the Menin Gate and laying a how close the front lines were and walking At Passchendaele Memorial Museum, we
wreath at the grave of Herioter William across the shell holes and craters of no saw the recreation of the beds and could
Anderson West. Some of the pupils’ man’s land. Lorian Richmond (S4) experience how uncomfortable they were
reflections from the trip are below. When we saw the death cells and the and see the contrast between the officers’
At the Menin Gate ceremony, looking place where the soldiers would be and the regular soldiers’ beds. It must
up and seeing the huge walls filled with shot, it drew out greater emotion than have been horrible and nerve-wracking to
names was very powerful. Listening to I had felt before as these people (who be there. Charlie MacLeod (S4)

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