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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] soldier in [[World War I]]. He was | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] soldier in [[World War I]]. | ||
He left his [[Joe Logue's wife|wife]] at home pregnant and, while he was fighting, she gave birth to a [[Joe Logue Jr|boy]] she named after him. He never saw his son. | |||
He was fighting alongside [[Jamie Colquhoun]] through most of the war, from [[Mons]] in [[August]] [[1914]] till the [[Battle of the Somme|Big Push]] in [[the Somme]] in [[July]] [[1916]], by which time his son was two years old. After they took the town of [[St Michel]], he and [[Wullie Cairns]] went for a reconnaissance and both were sent by a [[Weeping Angel]] back in time to [[28 December]] [[1879]]. They found themselves in a train preparing to cross the [[Tay Bridge]] in [[Dundee]]. Wullie, himself a native of Dundee, managed to remember that it was on this day that the bridge collapsed, just before their train fell into the river. ''[[The Dundee Herald]]'' reported the next day that everyone on the train had perished. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Weeping Angels of Mons (comic story)|The Weeping Angels of Mons]]'') | |||
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Joe Logue was a Scottish soldier in World War I.
He left his wife at home pregnant and, while he was fighting, she gave birth to a boy she named after him. He never saw his son.
He was fighting alongside Jamie Colquhoun through most of the war, from Mons in August 1914 till the Big Push in the Somme in July 1916, by which time his son was two years old. After they took the town of St Michel, he and Wullie Cairns went for a reconnaissance and both were sent by a Weeping Angel back in time to 28 December 1879. They found themselves in a train preparing to cross the Tay Bridge in Dundee. Wullie, himself a native of Dundee, managed to remember that it was on this day that the bridge collapsed, just before their train fell into the river. The Dundee Herald reported the next day that everyone on the train had perished. (COMIC: The Weeping Angels of Mons)
