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Chairman of the Ypres Last Post Committee with bugles

The Ceremony of the Last Post, in which firemen buglers play the Last Post under the Menin Gate at 8pm each night is, in its simplicity, one of the most moving acts of Remembrance in the world. Only on rare occasions is the ceremony other than open to all members of the public who wish to attend. The firemen are frequently asked to travel to other events to play, including trips overseas. Here from left to right is the Chairman of the Committee, Benoit Mottrie and the authors Mrs Valmai Holt and Major Tonie Holt who are holding silver bugles used in the 1920s. Date: 2016

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William Tobias 80 Grattan St., Brooklyn -12 yrs old

William Tobias 80 Grattan St., Brooklyn -12 yrs old. Boy was starting for the subway to sell papers on trains until 6 AM Cause termorrer dey haint no school and I kin sleep all day and sell again at night. All de barkeepers is me customers. Asked him how he could sell at night. I just keep out'n de way of de cops. Weighs 60 pounds. Tall for age. Location: New York - Brooklyn, New York (State). Date 1909 February. William Tobias 80 Grattan St., Brooklyn -12 yrs old. Boy was starting for the subway to sell papers on trains until 6 AM Cause termorrer dey haint no school and I kin sleep all day and sell again at night. All de barkeepers is me customers. Asked him how he could sell at night. I just keep out'n de way of de cops. Weighs 60 pounds. Tall for age. Location: New York - Brooklyn, New York (State). Date 1909 February

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Germans taken by the French

Germans photographed in their trench by a French soldier from a distance of 15 metres. The Germans were asked if they would like to have their photograph taken. They replied,'Yes'; and the French photographer promptly stood up in the French trench and took the snapshot. According to the caption, they were believed to be Saxons and quite friendly

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans