World War I
The Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry formed three regiments for service during World War I but only the original Territorial Force regiment would see any active service overseas.
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“If the Third World War is fought with nuclear weapons, the fourth will be fought with bows and arrows.”
—Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten Of Burma Mountbatten (1900–1979)
“War is the statesman’s game, the priest’s delight,
The lawyer’s jest, the hired assassin’s trade.”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)
“You see, in a world where elephants are pursued by flying men, people are just naturally going to want to get high.”
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—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)