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It is the 16th of July, 1916 in the British trenches at the Battle of the Somme.

As the sun sets, John Tolkien, known as Ronald, fires around into no man's

known as Ronald fires around into no man's land towards the German trenches.

The fighting for the days drawing to a close,

and as the last few shells explode around him, he barely flinches.

Though the noise is near deafening, he's been for weeks now, and it's become a part of normal life.

As silence falls, he slumps against the trenches wet and crumbling mud bank.

Just meters away on the expanse between him and the enemy, lie the bodies of his fallen friends.

The metallic stench of blood blends with the ashy smoke that billows across the battleground.

There is the sound of a commotion, and Ronald looks along the trench

to see a German soldier being thrown to the ground.

The soldier cowers, as his British captors discuss what to do with him.

Glancing over, the man looks just as battered and war-weary as Ronald feels.

His lips are cracked and bleeding, and he's panting, obviously desperate for water.

Putting down his weapon, Ronald goes over. He takes the water counting he carries on a strap across his body, unscrews the cap, and offers it, with the exhausted man shrinks back.

Patiently, Ronald tries again.

In careful, well-practiced German,

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