This bullet-riddled Bible "saved the life" of a soldier of the First World War
This bullet-riddled Bible "saved the life" of a soldier of the First World War
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The Bible helps save the life of a British soldier of the First World War, according to his daughter.
(The real British Legion)His daughter explained that a Bible marked with bullet holes from a German machine gun helped save the life of a British soldier of the First World War.
The Bible belonged to Private Leslie Friston, a nurse of the Royal Army Medical Corps, Sky News reports. Blinded and suffering respiratory problems after a gas attack in 1917, the 23-year-old soldier was recovering in a makeshift hospital bed when a German plane machine gunned the building. Bullets went through the tin roof of the building and two hit his Bible, which was on Friston's bedside table.
"He said the Bible saved his life, since it was the worst part of the attack," said his daughter, Ena Thompson.
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The Bible was damaged when a German plane strafed a makeshift hospital.
(The real British Legion)The Bible offers a glimpse into the war at a time when people from all over the world are preparing to commemorate the end of the devastating conflict. November 11 marks the centenary of the armistice agreement that ended the Great War.
Friston survived the war and brought the Bible home with him, Sky News adds. The soldier regained his sight and ran a grocery store in southwestern London, and eventually died in 1958 at the age of 64.
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"He had incredible luck and I think he knew it, because he kept the Bible with him for the rest of his life," Thompson added.
The Bible of Leslie Friston, deprived of Leslie Friston, which he brought with him when the First World War ended.
(The real British Legion)The soldier's daughter spoke as part of a fundraising appeal organized by the military veterans organization The Royal British Legion. the annual Poppy Appeal Support the community of the armed forces.
Nearly 1.7 million British soldiers were injured during the First World War and more than 700,000 were killed, according to the British War Office data. Around 6 million British troops were mobilized in the conflict. In total, the war caused the death of 13 million soldiers and left 21 million more injured, according to the Commonwealth War Tomb Commission. The First World War is among the deadliest wars in modern history.
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Private Leslie Friston is the third from the left in the middle row of this image. (The real British Legion)
The Bibles of other soldiers have also been highlighted in recent years. In 2016, the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia. bought An extremely rare Bible from the Battle of Bunker Hill. The King James Bible, which is displayed in the Museum, is inscribed by the American soldier Francis Merrifield, who thanks God for saving his life in the bloody battle of 1775.
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