"Ten thousand officers and men named Smith died……" — Kevin Myers

Ten thousand officers and men named Smith died in the First World… - Kevin Myers

"Ten thousand officers and men named Smith died in the First World War. One thousand four hundred Campbells died, six thousand Joneses, and one thousand Murphys. Smith, Campbell, Jones and Murphy: the names of the United Kingdom, whose presence in regiments from all four countries speaks of the ebb and flow of peoples within these islands, of a common sacrifice, and a shared agony that burned in so many million hearts down the decades."

— Kevin Myers

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