PRIVATE GEORGE KILPIN
GORDON HIGHLANDERS
2ND AUGUST 1918 AGE 32
BURIED: SANDPITS BRITISH CEMETERY, FOUQUEREUIL, FRANCE
The British Expeditionary Force that sailed for France in August 1914 was scarcely more than 100,000 strong. The Kaiser is said to have referred to it as a "contemptible little army". The survivors of this original force took a pride in referring to themselves as "The Old Contemptibles".