[DesertRhino]

The British government and military is one nasty organization. Always has been and is still today.
A weird contrast to the genteel high-tea image so many people have of the UK.

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

There weren’t many militaries in those days that wouldn’t have executed mutinous soldiers in a time of war in 1915.

[pierrem15]

Compared to the French, the British ruled with a very mild hand, as Ho Chi Minh reminded Gandhi.

And both, I would add, were considerably less brutal than any non-European power, the Turks and Japanese being good examples.