ONE OF THE FIRST 100,000
"THE CONTEMPTIBLES"
WHILE ENGLAND HAS SUCH SONS
SHE NEED FEAR NAUGHT

PRIVATE GEORGE KILPIN

GORDON HIGHLANDERS

2ND AUGUST 1918 AGE 32

BURIED: SANDPITS BRITISH CEMETERY, FOUQUEREUIL, FRANCE


The British Expeditionary Force that sailed for France in August 1914 was scarcely more than 100,000 strong. The Kaiser is said to have referred to it as a "contemptible little army". The survivors of this original force took a pride in referring to themselves as "The Old Contemptibles".