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"The Great Little Army" is a British military march that was composed by Kenneth J. Alford in 1916. It was composed to honour British and Allied victories won on the Western Front. The title relates to the Kaiser supposedly referring to the British army as 'a contemptible little army'. The phrase was actually devised at the British War Office by Sir Frederick Maurice to be attributed to the Kaiser as propaganda.
Performed by the New Zealand Army Band.
The painting is called "Coldstream Guards, Western Front, 1914" by W. B. Wollen.
"The Great Little Army" is a British military march that was composed by Kenneth J. Alford in 1916. It was composed to honour British and Allied victories won on the Western Front. The title relates to the Kaiser supposedly referring to the British army as 'a contemptible little army'. The phrase was actually devised at the British War Office by Sir Frederick Maurice to be attributed to the Kaiser as propaganda.
Performed by the New Zealand Army Band.
The painting is called "Coldstream Guards, Western Front, 1914" by W. B. Wollen.
