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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old

The harder the fighting and the longer the war, the more the infantry, and in fact all the arms, lean on the gunners.

- Field Marshal Montgomery

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Officer Career Development Programme

Today in Military History

June 24

1850:

Lord Kichener born

1900:

Captain L.S.T. Halliday, Royal Marine Light Infantry, awarded the Victoria Cross, Peking

1944:

VC won by Flight Lieut. David Ernest Hornell, Royal Canadian Air Force, Shetland Islands (posthumous)

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