Show seventeen sons in the army surely there would never have bavo boon any need to introduce compulsory military service it if every british mother had followed the example of urs mrs davies of church stretton stratton england athla abla good lady the widow of a soldier has given no fewer than 17 sons to the army of whom 14 were actually on active service with the colors on september 16 15 1914 six weeks only ater fhe he outbreak of the war another patri otlo ji mother tire mrs jones jonea of Ky verdale road aba stamford At amford gay gave 0 her three triplet sons and it ft fourth pon to the army then there is sire mrs potter a portsmouth england widow aged eighty three who har ban been awarded a prize locally for being the head of the family with the most members in the fighting service sixteen of 0 her grandsons are in the 06 army or the navy and the ausba husbands ads of four of her granddaughters are on active service making 20 of her descendants altogether 19 a tor for king and aaa gou country in addition two other grand grandsons ions now dead were in the navy |