The Garhwal Rifles/the First World War 1914-18

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

    I think that for once the Sharp’s rifles and the revolvers were employed in a righteous cause.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    The life of man in this world is like the life of a fly in a room filled with 100 boys, each armed with a fly-swatter.
    —H.L. (Henry Lewis)

    The connection between dress and war is not far to seek; your finest clothes are those you wear as soldiers.
    Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)