Pages of the Sea: Nationwide project remembers soldiers who fell during Great War


Photograph: © SAF — Coastal Care

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It was the most ephemeral of tributes, yet all the more poignant for it. This morning, under the cloak of darkness and scored only by the sound of waves lapping on sand, hundreds of volunteers took to beaches across the British Isles to take part in a unique commemoration of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice…

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