Rememberance Sunday 2014

8 Nov 2014

It's that time of year again to reflect on the past.
It has been 100 years since the start of the Great War and the repurcussions of that time are still gently rippling even though the War itself is on the very fringe of living human memory.
We can not forget that it's the seventieth aniversary of Operation NEPTUNE and Operation OVERLORD, more commonly known as the invasion of Normandy. I myself will be leading three more tours to the region next year and am constantly amazed and awed by the stories that come to life in the region.
Since the end of WW2 british troops have fought and died throughout the world, indeed they have done so on six of the seven continents.
I'll be stood with my children and my great Aunt at the local cenotaph tomorrow. It's a time to put politics aside and Remember.

8 Nov 2014

Sentiments I entirely agree with Trevaunance, we too will attend our local service as usual.
As you say, politics aside, a scene from the BBC drama The Passing Bells this week really struck home to me. A tearful mother watched over her sleeping son the night before he left home for France in 1914. Above his bed were childish sketches of birds, the kind we all see on our children' s walls, crafted in such innocence.
So many, so young.

9 Nov 2014

Quote by Trevaunance
I'll be stood with my children and my great Aunt at the local cenotaph tomorrow. It's a time to put politics aside and Remember.

I care not for the Politics, I do feel for the loss of many countless men/women's live in war and the families they leave behind left to mourn and when I think that...I also consider just how lucky my family and I are and how much we have to be thankful for, so for sure I'll be giving those that fell some thought.

Quote by Jaylin
A tearful mother watched over her sleeping son the night before he left home for France in 1914. Above his bed were childish sketches of birds, the kind we all see on our children' s walls, crafted in such innocence.

Didn't see the programme you mentioned but your above paragraph in-itself is quite evocative and gives pause for thought.

11 Nov 2014

It's 11-11-14 the skies are clear, all seems calm.
I for one can not imagine the suffering! All I know is I am so grateful to them.
We must never forget!

12 Nov 2014

Quote by Jaynlin
Sentiments I entirely agree with Trevaunance, we too will attend our local service as usual.
As you say, politics aside, a scene from the BBC drama The Passing Bells this week really struck home to me. A tearful mother watched over her sleeping son the night before he left home for France in 1914. Above his bed were childish sketches of birds, the kind we all see on our children' s walls, crafted in such innocence.
So many, so young.

And what a great little series "passing Bells" was too! There were a couple of stand out moments for me. The moment that soldier arrived at what we thought was his girlfriends house but it turned out to be a separate soldiers girlfriend and he was merely wanting to give her the dead soldiers letter... and he recited it from memory. And then the end, when the dead soldiers, both German & British walked off into the distance together. I finished watching it this morning just before 11am. An unintentional timing coincidence.
Its been a thought provoking day as always, that's for sure.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning... we will remember them.