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    REFLECTIONS FROM SITTING MPS

    Jan 22, 2018 5 minutes

    H.H. Asquith was the prime minister who declared war on Germany in August 1914 and served as premier until December 1916. His eldest son Raymond was killed in action on 15 September 1916

    William G.C. Gladstone MP was the grandson of the Liberal prime minister. He wanted to enlist as a private but was advised to become an officer. He was killed near Laventie, France on 13 April 1915

    “WHENEVER THERE ARE REMEMBRANCE SERVICES PRETTY MUCH ALL MPS ATTEND TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THAT WHICH WE ALL TAKE FOR GRANTED”

    Sir William Pearce’s only son Geoffrey was killed while serving as a second lieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment at Fleurbaix on 18 December 1914

    JIM FITZPATRICK MP


    CONSTITUENCY: POPLAR AND LIMEHOUSE

    PARTY: LABOUR

    WWI PREDECESSOR: SIR WILLIAM PEARCE (LIBERAL)


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