New Posts For Thread: The equine sacrifice in WW1https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31595781/the-equine-sacrifice-in-ww1Since this as a horse racing forum, it seems wholly appropriate on this day that I post this poem by Neil Andrew.... we should never forget the appalling carnage inflicted on these hapless animals, who were slaughtered in their millions.Yes, I know tGreat contributions on here.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31595781/the-equine-sacrifice-in-ww1?post_id=558307623#558307623Great contributions on here.Mon, 11 Nov 2019 16:58:55 -0600My Great Uncle Jim was in the North Somerset Yeomanry during WW1. He told me they all fell off their horses when they charged as the horses had lost so much weight that the saddles slipped. He lived til he was 96, a fine gentleman with not an ounce ohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31595781/the-equine-sacrifice-in-ww1?post_id=558307525#558307525My Great Uncle Jim was in the North Somerset Yeomanry during WW1. He told me they all fell off their horses when they charged as the horses had lost so much weight that the saddles slipped. He lived til he was 96, a fine gentleman with not an ounce oMon, 11 Nov 2019 16:35:49 -0600Indeed treetop, your Grandad was indeed a hero like mine was, lest we forget.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31595781/the-equine-sacrifice-in-ww1?post_id=558307425#558307425Indeed treetop, your Grandad was indeed a hero like mine was, lest we forget.Mon, 11 Nov 2019 15:54:11 -0600They were all heroes, they did their dutyhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31595781/the-equine-sacrifice-in-ww1?post_id=558307405#558307405They were all heroes, they did their dutyMon, 11 Nov 2019 15:48:28 -0600WW1 was just barbaric beyond words. My Grandfather served in the Army as a sergeant and my Mum told me later in life that he came back a shell shocked man and he was never the same person again after that conflict.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31595781/the-equine-sacrifice-in-ww1?post_id=558307319#558307319WW1 was just barbaric beyond words. My Grandfather served in the Army as a sergeant and my Mum told me later in life that he came back a shell shocked man and he was never the same person again after that conflict.Mon, 11 Nov 2019 15:21:27 -0600Your grandad sounds a bit of a hero treetopWW1 was carnage for both men and horses...but it distresses me to hear how the horses suffered....https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31595781/the-equine-sacrifice-in-ww1?post_id=558306997#558306997Your grandad sounds a bit of a hero treetopWW1 was carnage for both men and horses...but it distresses me to hear how the horses suffered....Mon, 11 Nov 2019 14:16:23 -0600My grandad was a strapper in WW1 , pulled the gun carriages and supplies to the front. Shoved straight in due to shortages because he had been a horse drawn cabbie and could handle horses,got killed by an incoming shell in 1916 near Ypres. Left 4 kidhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31595781/the-equine-sacrifice-in-ww1?post_id=558306895#558306895My grandad was a strapper in WW1 , pulled the gun carriages and supplies to the front. Shoved straight in due to shortages because he had been a horse drawn cabbie and could handle horses,got killed by an incoming shell in 1916 near Ypres. Left 4 kidMon, 11 Nov 2019 13:44:41 -0600Gout CLYDEBANK29?That's completely curable and without using drugs.Not a lot of people know that.Or want to know when they discover what the cure is.But some do and never look back.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31595781/the-equine-sacrifice-in-ww1?post_id=558304719#558304719Gout CLYDEBANK29?That's completely curable and without using drugs.Not a lot of people know that.Or want to know when they discover what the cure is.But some do and never look back.Mon, 11 Nov 2019 05:05:57 -0600One thing I am glad of, we don't use horses in war any more...WW1 was no place for horses...but unfortunately they were still needed.....the internal combustion engine had not long been invented.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31595781/the-equine-sacrifice-in-ww1?post_id=558304069#558304069One thing I am glad of, we don't use horses in war any more...WW1 was no place for horses...but unfortunately they were still needed.....the internal combustion engine had not long been invented.Sun, 10 Nov 2019 19:12:30 -0600BBC programme tonight,in WW1 the ANZACS took 130000 horses to Egypt,not one went home.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31595781/the-equine-sacrifice-in-ww1?post_id=558304063#558304063BBC programme tonight,in WW1 the ANZACS took 130000 horses to Egypt,not one went home.Sun, 10 Nov 2019 19:03:24 -0600