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At the beginning of the first world war he applied unsuccessfully to rejoin the army.
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He won the Military Cross and rose to Major in the first world war .
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Never since the first world war have we had homeless teenage children begging in the streets.
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That is almost twice as many as died in the first world war .
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The whispering against Bradman increased during the second world war .
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We see newsreel footage of cavalry, blazing buildings, war planes - from revolutions, civil war, world war .