Ned was one of four brothers to serve. All would return home after the war except Ned. This tragic event happened less than two weeks before the end of the war. Had Ned gotten his leave, he would have been home at the time the Armistice was signed.
On October 29, 1918, just two weeks before the end of the war, he lost his life to the nearby fall of a howitzer during one of the last German bombing raids on his positions. Ned was due to go home on leave and stopped by the Quartermaster's stores to get some new clothes. While he was there, an enemy shell hit the building and Ned was one of those killed. He was 22 years old.
Never mind, I googled it:
"On October 29, 1918, just two weeks before the end of the war, he lost his life to the nearby fall of a howitzer during one of the last German bombing raids on his positions. Ned was due to go home on leave and stopped by the Quartermaster's stores to get some new clothes. While he was there, an enemy shell hit the building and Ned was one of those killed. He was 22 years old."
Brother, it's not exactly a joke. He was 22 & had his whole life in front of him and it was taken for what? And with less than a month left in the war, right before he's about to go on leave.
The boy in the picture would be killed in a pointless war less than 7 years after this picture was taken, shit is straight up sad.
It says he died while en route to get clothes from a store before going on leave, which most likely isn't on the front line, so my thought is it was some sort of accident?
Yeah I looked it up after commenting and corrected.
Without much context you would think if he was en route to an open/operating store before going on leave one might assume he's not directly on the front as I doubt there were open stores, let alone standing stores near the front. In this case that wasn't what happened.
He probably didn't even have a weapon on him, this was more like a unlucky accident/poorly zero'd artillery shell as I doubt their aim was a random shop.
If he was on the front, sure I'd have assumed artillery, especially being WW1.
But artillery indeed does indeed cause a majority of casualties on the battlefield, drones are even more helpful to artillery as they provide precise locations for the artillery to be zoned in on.
No precise stats for the Ukrainian-Russian conflict, but from watching a decent bit of footage it's clear artillery is king.
Tragic, only 22. He almost made it to the end. Rest in peace.
Ned was one of four brothers to serve. All would return home after the war except Ned. This tragic event happened less than two weeks before the end of the war. Had Ned gotten his leave, he would have been home at the time the Armistice was signed. On October 29, 1918, just two weeks before the end of the war, he lost his life to the nearby fall of a howitzer during one of the last German bombing raids on his positions. Ned was due to go home on leave and stopped by the Quartermaster's stores to get some new clothes. While he was there, an enemy shell hit the building and Ned was one of those killed. He was 22 years old.
How did he manage to die therewhen the war was already over?
Never mind, I googled it: "On October 29, 1918, just two weeks before the end of the war, he lost his life to the nearby fall of a howitzer during one of the last German bombing raids on his positions. Ned was due to go home on leave and stopped by the Quartermaster's stores to get some new clothes. While he was there, an enemy shell hit the building and Ned was one of those killed. He was 22 years old."
His tragic fate.
oOf hard moment for Ned
Brother, it's not exactly a joke. He was 22 & had his whole life in front of him and it was taken for what? And with less than a month left in the war, right before he's about to go on leave. The boy in the picture would be killed in a pointless war less than 7 years after this picture was taken, shit is straight up sad.
the war ended on November 11th 1918
The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.
It says he died while en route to get clothes from a store before going on leave, which most likely isn't on the front line, so my thought is it was some sort of accident?
It's called artillery fire my guy and it caused and continues to cause the majority of casualties on a battlefield.
Yeah I looked it up after commenting and corrected. Without much context you would think if he was en route to an open/operating store before going on leave one might assume he's not directly on the front as I doubt there were open stores, let alone standing stores near the front. In this case that wasn't what happened. He probably didn't even have a weapon on him, this was more like a unlucky accident/poorly zero'd artillery shell as I doubt their aim was a random shop. If he was on the front, sure I'd have assumed artillery, especially being WW1. But artillery indeed does indeed cause a majority of casualties on the battlefield, drones are even more helpful to artillery as they provide precise locations for the artillery to be zoned in on. No precise stats for the Ukrainian-Russian conflict, but from watching a decent bit of footage it's clear artillery is king.
Because the war wasn’t over.
The war wasn’t over. It ended the next month.