Don't Eat Me

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The Great War and mortality impacts: Dmitri Jdanov, Evgeny Andreev, Domantas Jasilionis and Vladimir M Shkolnikov of the Max Planck Institute in 2005. Between 1913 and 1918, British men aged 23 showed a 15-16 fold increase in the probability of premature death.

https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol13/16/13-16.pdf


During World War One, in 1916, the Newfoundland Regiment went into action 753 strong; the following day, only 68 answered the roll call – 90% casualty rate, of whom almost half were deceased. In military (and any, actually) terms, this was a catastrophic and devastating loss.

http://www.heritage.nf.ca/first-world-war/articles/beaumont-hamel-en.php

Written, edited and produced by Mark Webster, original music by kraM Left, plus self-generated & Logic Pro 12 foley, Aotearoa New Zealand 2026

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