Spitting On A Soldier's Grave

And how very many such soldiers there were, and are. A greater number of people from the officially neutral Irish Free State than from Northern Ireland, where there was no conscription, joined the British Armed Forces during the Second World War. There remain the Irish Regiments of the British Army, such as the Irish Guards who carried the Queen Mother’s coffin despite, most unfortunately and probably not for much longer, not being Commonwealth citizens. They were the first to greet their newly married Colonel, uniformed as such for the occasion, and his bride. The Royal British Legion is very active throughout Ireland. One could go on.