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Exhibition in Meaux recalls Tommies' first steps into war
The Meaux museum exhibit "Join Now! The British Empire's Entry into War" recalls British volunteers marching to war in 1914. It notes enlistment numbers, recruitment posters, early battles like Mons and the Marne, and the grim pace of trench warfare that followed.
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