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WILLIE McNulty’s sacrifice was as great as any lord of the manor, which is why his headstone in the Railway Cemetery in Ieper in Flanders, Belgium, is the same size and carries an equivalent inscription. Willie, a proud son of Brockagh, Co Donegal, Ireland, was a soldier of the Empire too (although Ireland was on its way to breaking from the UK by then) when he fell in 1916. The 116,000 black and Asian casualties from the First World War were also children of the Empire – only their sacrifice was not recognised with headstones. Willie’s headstone is a lasting physical testament that he lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, loved and was loved, and now lies In Flanders fields. ....