War Service
During the First World War, Constable served in the Sherwood Foresters for two years, but he suffered severe shell shock when a shell exploded in a trench a few feet from him, burying him alive. He then spent a long period in a nursing home while recovering.
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Famous quotes containing the words war and/or service:
“We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives, that it is inside ourselves.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)
“The Service without Hope
Is tenderest, I think—
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There is no Diligence like that
That knows not an Until—”
—Emily Dickinson (1831–1886)