Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 19:52:01 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>,<wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [WSFA] On this day in history... Tolkien & war
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

1 July 1916 was the first day of the Somme, when the British had 19,240
dead that day.

One of the soldiers who survived was J. R. R. Tolkien
 <http://www.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.00o00200h>

More on the Somme:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme_%281916%29
http://www.1914-1918.net/bat15.htm

Here in the US, the First world War is the forgotten war, but not "over
there".

mjw