I have learned quite a lot from this thread, and I hope that this is as educating for you all as it is for me.
they were also at it after the first world war too.... Kinmel Park Riots - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
they were also at it after the first world war too.... Kinmel Park Riots - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Great thread! I'm very curious about the abrupt change in behaviour and the triggers which turn disciplined troops into an unruly mob. Being predominantly an army of volunteers, I suspect that once hostilities had ended and their services no longer required, these men would have little patience for military bureaucracy. Although this last instance occurred almost 100 years ago, my sense would be that Canadians would quickly revert to a civilian mindset under circumstances like this and would have little tolerance with the government for a perceived unreasonable delay in not returning them to their former lives. Democracy and freedom carries certain expectations. Maybe our own veterans an comment on how their own attitudes may have changed after the war had ended.
If you are ever in Trafalgar Square look at the base of Lions around the Nelsons monument and you will see one that is badly damaged around the base. This happened when peace was declared in 1918 and all the people in Trafalgar Square decided to have a bonfire and burnt every thing they could. Now as there were road works in the area several workmen's huts were thrown on to fire which became so hot the granite shattered.
