Abstract:BRrnISH Limbless Ex-Service Men SIR,-There are today 36,000 surviving ex-Service men who have lost limbs as the result of their service in the two world wars. Three-fourths of them are 1914-18 war veterans whose average age is now 60. Among them are 1,400 men who have lost two limbs. Despite their own handicaps, 12,000 limbless ex-Service men are united in true comradeship and service in 102 branches of their own association, B.L.E.S.M.A. (British Limb'ess Ex-Service Men's Association). Each branch has its own… Show more
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