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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 30 Jun 2016

    Two minutes of quiet reflection in memory of #Somme100 http://bbc.in/298nVMh http://snpy.tv/29kvEE1 

    BBC News (UK)
    #Somme100 Centenary
    Two minutes of quiet reflection in memory of #Somme100 - BBC News
    11:32 PM - 30 Jun 2016
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    19 replies 592 retweets 908 likes
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      2. eileen cumiskey‏ @eileencum55 30 Jun 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCNews we have betrayed every single one of them by taking ourselves out of a strong United Europe and promoting FASCISM

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      3. Theresa‏ @ChaffeyTheresa 1 Jul 2016
        Replying to @eileencum55 @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        quite the opposite,dont be so disrespectful

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      1. *Dek@Harley-Davidson*‏ @TwinCam103B 1 Jul 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        “When you go Home, tell them of us and say, For your Tomorrow, we gave our Today” ...Lest We Forget🇬🇧

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      2. jan cameron‏ @iccam 30 Jun 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        2 minutes to reflect on why I'm so incredibly proud to be British. So indebted to those brave young warriors. #Somme100

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      1. Andy‏ @theboysof609 1 Jul 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        powerful stuff this morning amongst the recent mayhem 😔 #Somme100 #LestWeForget

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      1. Tony Mulcahy‏ @mancunian_ie 30 Jun 2016
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        @bbc5live The sound of the bagpipes at Westminster have brought me to tears

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      1. Chax (Sudarshan Chakrapani)‏ @chax5961 1 Jul 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCNews Indeed a somber moment, yet a proud obe too. Many people Indian soldiers were martyred here

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      1. Worthing Red‏ @andywhite920 1 Jul 2016
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        @BBCNews So many incredibly brave men sent to their death we should never forget them.

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      2. The Messenger‏ @Messenger_Augur 1 Jul 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Powerful reason EU haters should wake the f up. See! Understand Grow up if you really honour them EU stopped a repeat post WWII

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      3. Theresa‏ @ChaffeyTheresa 1 Jul 2016
        Replying to @Messenger_Augur @BBCBreaking

        You just don't get it do you 😕

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      4. The Messenger‏ @Messenger_Augur 1 Jul 2016
        Replying to @ChaffeyTheresa @BBCBreaking

        Really? What don't I get? Inform me.

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      1. PaulMenelEssentials‏ @MenelEssentials 30 Jun 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Dedicated to those who died 100 years ago today listen, watch, comment, share...spare them a thought...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHNryxVQQr8 …

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      1. Chris‏ @ChrisGoGodfrey 30 Jun 2016
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        https://twitter.com/chrisgogodfrey/status/748765653679562754 …

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        Chris @ChrisGoGodfrey
        #Somme100 #zerohour They were told enemy line was weakened! #ott 8 boys fell per second! Poor Men, Poor Boys! #RIP https://twitter.com/chrisgogodfrey/status/748609562635304960 …
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      1. VELLANKI SESHA SAYEE‏ @ssvellanki 1 Jul 2016
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        all drama by the same upper sections which made war inevitable for continued monopoly over strangulation of colonies

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      1. Jane Johannessen‏ @JohannessenJane 30 Jun 2016
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        we will remember you, rest in peace

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