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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old

1918:

VC won by Sgt Robert Spall, PPCLI, CEF, Parvillers, France (posthumous)

1940:

The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps is authorized

1941:

The Canadian Women's Army Corps is authorized

Military Word Of The Day

BPAO

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Today in Military History

August 12

1918:

VC won by Pte Thomas Dineson, 42nd Battalion, CEF, Parvillers (near Amiens), France

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