'THE GREAT WAR', 'THE WAR TO END WAR', 'WORLD WAR 1'
'What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
- Only the monstrous anger of the guns.' from 'Anthem for Doomed Youth'
by Wilfred Owen
1914 - 1918
THE VICTORIA CROSS
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Oldham and its surrounding district can lay claim to no less than 3 soldiers who were awarded the highest decoration possible, 'The Victoria Cross',
One of these was Walter Mills
Private Walter Mills, 2154
1/10 Battalion, The Manchesters