Talk:First shot memorial

Dubious claim in the article
Per discussion at WP:ERRORS and WT:DYK, also adding here - I have marked the line "It was the first shot by a British Army soldier in anger since the 1815 Waterloo campaign" as dubious, on the grounds that British forces took part in battle on European soil in the Crimean War. Also, I think the source says "continental Europe", which is a detail the article omits. This line probably therefore needs amending, and I've pulled the DYK hook which said the same thing. (Also, as an aside, I think the term "in anger" could be replaced per WP:Encyclopedic tone, but that's a more minor point!) &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 17:37, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
 * The Edward Thomas (British Army soldier) is even more in error, stating "that Thomas is reported to have fired the first British shot of the First World War". The first shot fired by British forces was at sea by the destroyer Lance (the gun is preserved) on 5 August, seventeen days prior to Edwards. There had also been confrontations between British forces and German forces in colonial African possessions in the weeks prior to the Thomas engagement.Spokoyni (talk) 18:56, 22 August 2021 (UTC)