Sentence examples for service during the first from inspiring English sources

They play a trio of shirkers dodging trench service during the First World War.

I will be reporting again for jury service during the first part of October 2002".

Marston finished his Ph.D. at Harvard in 1921, after a stint of service during the First World War.

More than four million men and women from Britain's colonies volunteered for service during the first and second world wars.

Hitler's military service during the first world war has largely been a matter of either accepting or brushing aside his claims to heroism and Kameradenschaft.

Submitted by goddaughter Mary Blathwayt John Meaney had six siblings, two of whom were in active service during the first world war.

Although too young for service during the second world war, he rose to captain in the Welsh Guards.

Called into service during the Second World War and Korea, he later made a success of property speculation.

Fans of Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22 may be surprised to learn that the American author actually enjoyed his military service during the second world war – at least according to a letter about to be auctioned in the US.

Connie's husband is physically and psychologically impaired by his heroic RAF service during the second world war and stands for the solid working class who sacrificed themselves to keep Britain free.

After air force service during the second world war he worked on British cinema classics including The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp and David Lean's 1948 version of Oliver Twist.