This is England. WWI changed the whole societal structure of England with more than 1,000,000 deaths and injuries. Think of all the children who were never born and families that were never formed because of the loss of such a high percentage of the British male population of marriagable age in such a small country. To say nothing about the changes in the labor sturcture. I think the English still feel the changes WWI wrought, unlike this country that barely remembers that war.
I watch both the British and the American versions of Antiques Roadshow, and I am amazed at the number of mementos from WWI that are brought to the British version.
Well said.