South Staffordshire Regiment/first World War 1914

Famous quotes containing the words south, regiment, world and/or war:

    “There are two places in the world where men can most effectively disappear—the city of London and the South Seas.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    “With two thousand years of Christianity behind him ... a man can’t see a regiment of soldiers march past without going off the deep end. It starts off far too many ideas in his head.”
    —Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961)

    “The night has a thousand eyes,
    And the day but one;
    Yet the light of the bright world dies
    With the dying sun.”
    —Francis William Bourdillon (1852–1921)

    “I quietly declare war with the State, after my fashion, though I will still make use and get advantage of her as I can, as is usual in such cases.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)