Centenary of assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

In the weekend you might have watched the news that it has been 100 years since the assassination that triggered World War 1. A sobering comment by Sarajevan Davud Bajramovic, was written in the Wanganui Chronicle today that stated in order to hold a second of silence for every person killed just during WW1 in Europe, we would have to stand silently for two years. It provides another perspective on the terrible loss of life doesn't it?

 'The Response', World War I Memorial, Barras Bridge (detail)

Detail of Sir W Goscombe John's highly detailed bronze sculpture (1923) showing, in life-size figures, the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers marching down the Great North Road to the Central Station in 1915, with their families alongside NZ2464 : Newcastle Upon Tyne - War Memorial
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