{"id":1268,"date":"2022-07-17T18:10:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T17:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/?page_id=1268"},"modified":"2022-07-17T18:27:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T17:27:01","slug":"y-m-c-a-young-mens-christian-association-1914-1918","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/index.php\/y-m-c-a-young-mens-christian-association-1914-1918\/","title":{"rendered":"Y.M.C.A. \u00a0Young Men&#8217;s Christian Association 1914-1918."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As an example of one of the individual impressions undertaken by our members, we have selected the Y.M.C.A.&nbsp;In addition to the social support provided by the army in the form of the Army Chaplains Department and the Expeditionary Force Canteens, several other &#8211; principally religious &#8211; organisations provided facilities of enormous value to the troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a 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