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Monument and Church of St Magnus the Martyr

The three men were among a number who had deserted fearing that the regiment was about to be sent to America

Sunday 7th April 1991

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French cavalry on a reconnaissance mission, Somme, France Hotel du Dauphin ' NottinghamshireFrench cavalry on a reconnaissance mission, Somme, France, 1914. In the face of machine guns, modern artillery and barbed wire, cavalry quickly became obsolete on the Western Front once the conflict became one of trench warfare.

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