Bad Luck
The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month has now sadly passed.
In WW1, the orders were "Business as usual" until 11.00 a.m on the 11/11/1918.
These poor guys were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Henry Nicholas John Gunther (June 6, 1895 – November 11, 1918) was an American soldier and likely the last soldier of any of the belligerents to be killed during World War I. He was killed at 10:59 a.m., one minute before the Armistice was to take effect at 11:00 a.m.
Gunther had recently been demoted, and was seeking to regain his rank just before the war ended.
George Edwin Ellison (10 August 1878 – 11 November 1918) of the 5th Royal Irish Lancers was the last British soldier to be killed in action during the First World War. He died at 09:30 a.m (90 minutes before the Armistice came into effect), shot by a sniper while on a patrol in woodland on the outskirts of Mons, Belgium.
In WW1, the orders were "Business as usual" until 11.00 a.m on the 11/11/1918.
These poor guys were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Henry Nicholas John Gunther (June 6, 1895 – November 11, 1918) was an American soldier and likely the last soldier of any of the belligerents to be killed during World War I. He was killed at 10:59 a.m., one minute before the Armistice was to take effect at 11:00 a.m.
Gunther had recently been demoted, and was seeking to regain his rank just before the war ended.
George Edwin Ellison (10 August 1878 – 11 November 1918) of the 5th Royal Irish Lancers was the last British soldier to be killed in action during the First World War. He died at 09:30 a.m (90 minutes before the Armistice came into effect), shot by a sniper while on a patrol in woodland on the outskirts of Mons, Belgium.
