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Irishmen fighting at Guillemont and Ginchy in September 1916 were praised for their bravery. But many of the men who lost their lives as British soldiers would have been horrified at Britain鈥檚 decision to execute leaders of the Easter Rising just months earlier. One such man was the prominent Irish nationalist Thomas Kettle. His anguish is reflected in a poem he wrote to his young daughter.