That killed and maimed millions? The start?? Celebrate our britishness?
Presumably that's where the £60m figure came from, £1 each. Probably it won't be done that fairly, "we must attract the best generals...". Actually if we'd managed to foist our generals onto the Germans the whole thing might have been over by christmas.
Even when they're dead the poor soldiers are being used as props for wealthy greed-mongers who think that they're plebs. It's like they died twice. This says it better than I ever could.
The self-centred vileness of politicians should never be underestimated.