{"id":92685,"date":"2017-11-28T16:37:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T16:37:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-01-06T20:58:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T20:58:43","slug":"will-crooks-mp-in-aid-of-british-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/28\/will-crooks-mp-in-aid-of-british-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Crooks MP in aid of the British Women's Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The British Nursing Journal on 11th March 1916, published this wonderful little story of  a patriotic speech made  in aid of the war effort. <\/div>\n
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\u201cYOU CAN NEVER REPAY THESE MEN.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Mr. Will Crooks, M.P., spoke at the concert held at the Alhambra, in aid of the British Women\u2019s Hospital, Star and Garter, Richmond, and showed us our duty to the splendid men fighting and dying for us in this War. <\/div>\n
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Referring to a conversation he had in France with a wounded soldier, Mr. Crooks said :-<\/div>\n
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I gathered my feelings up, as it were, and, kneeling down beside the stretcher, I said,   \u2018How  do you feel, son ?\u2019<\/div>\n
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\u2018All right,\u2019 replied the soldier, \u2018I think I\u2019ll be all right, don\u2019t you ?\u2019<\/div>\n
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\u2018I am sure you will be all right,\u2019 I said. \u2018How long is it since you were hurt ?\u2019<\/div>\n
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 \u2018Four days,\u2019 he replied. \u2018But I\u2019ll be better when I get my clothes off, won\u2019t I?\u2019<\/div>\n
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I turned round. I couldn\u2019t look the man in the face. I said to myself:  \u2018What have I done that he should give all that life is worth to fight for me?\u2019 <\/div>\n
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Is bread a little dearer, are taxes a little higher, tea a little dearer, and trade a little worse? <\/div>\n
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My God, you can never repay these men for what they have done for  us..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The British Nursing Journal on 11th March 1916, published this wonderful little story of  a patriotic speech made  in aid of the war effort. \u201cYOU CAN NEVER REPAY THESE MEN.\u201d Mr. Will Crooks, M.P., spoke at the concert held at the Alhambra, in aid of the British Women\u2019s Hospital, Star and Garter, Richmond, and showed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92686,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t