They stole our youth from us

The day that war was declared and Britain began shuffling her feet in fear, Smith lost contact with half his family. Letters bound for Germany or any of the nations looking to slide into the enemy camps vanished into the hands of government officials tearing them open hoping to glean traitorous sentiment from the ink. As Sir Edward Grey concluded his speech about grave consequences to the house of Commons thousands of conversations were put to an end. The Browns and the Bauers stopped making polite conversation when they passed each other on the way to the village halls.