100

Although I'm allowed to play with this whistle, it is also an important piece of my history.  One hundred years ago today my great, great Uncle must have summoned up a lot of courage and blown it as he led his friends and compatriots out of the trenches. 

"Hope that the truth of the world is not what appears,
Hope in the triumph of man for the price of his tears."


(Alexander Robertson b.1882 - d. 1/7/1916 - from Lines Before Going)