British Soldier’s Cleanliness.
There is one thing which has not yet ceased to astonish the good pleasant folk of France and Belgium —the British soldier's love of cleanliness. At a British camp an old Flemish woman after watching some of the men cleaning their teeth, cried, “ My goodness, what did they eat that they were obliged to scour their mouths in this fashion.
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Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 4, 15 January 1915, Page 2
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63British Soldier’s Cleanliness. Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 4, 15 January 1915, Page 2
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