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BREAKFAST IN BEDsJEW’dEAL'iN THIS* MAN’S*ARMYOTTAWA, April 20.—ff.—Ihe sc r^ear. t brought Gann d ia :\ soldiers clirir breakfast in bed a*. Alder shat, Errand. but ihs First Division troops were nc: being pax pared. according to a letter received here by Gunner Archie Warren of the 51st Anti-Tank 13otvery. Royal Canadian Artillery.The Canadian division trcops stayed mit nil night on tactical manoeuvres find received permission io stay in bed the following day, which was Good Friday.4‘About nine o’clock Fridaymonth*.g,” wrote Gunner Warren, “Sg:. Peters and Bombardier Caitral cams in, woke us up, and presented us with hot tea and hot cross buns. I'll bet that ou nover heard of the army getting their breakfast in bed before.Veterans recalled the old song of the First Great War:‘•As 'ooi\ as reveille is gone, *Wo fret just as heavy as lead, 41 And we never get in till the sere cam ‘■Brings our breakfast up to bed.
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Lethbridge Herald
Lethbridge, Alberta, CA
Sat, Apr 20, 1940
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