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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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No one accuses the gunner of maudlin affection for anything except his beasts and his weapons. He serves as least three jealous gods--his horse and all its saddlery and harness; his gun, whose least detail of efficiency is more important than men's lives; and, when these have been attended to, the never-ending mystery of his art commands him.
- Rudyard Kipling
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April 25
1915: Allie operations at Gallipoli begin
1915: VC won by Capt Francis Alexander Caron Scrimger, Canadian Army Medical Corps attached to the 14th Battalion, CEF, Ypres, France
1951: The PPCLI relieved at Kapyong
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