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| VVS210 Member Since: 12 Nov 2016 Location: Hampshire Posts: 953  
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^^^^^ sadly I think we all know the answer to that last question...
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7th Jun 2017 9:30am |
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| AMBxx Member Since: 24 Jul 2016 Location: York Posts: 1030 
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They'd Tweet about how bad everything is though.
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7th Jun 2017 9:59am |
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| rockster57 Member Since: 15 Nov 2014 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 937 
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Brendan, I agree, it is a revelation to see the origins. Of the fallen who are commemorated at the Menun Gate. British and Commonwealth countries. Incidentally, this is not a burial place. Those whose names are engraved on the gate have no known grave.
Well worth a visit to Ypres to reflect on what our ancestors gave for us. The Last Post takes place at 8pm each evening. It is also well worth a visit to the Cloth Hall whilst in Ypres if anyone wishes to know more about the Great War. What absolutely astounded me was seeing photographs of conscripts from the commonwealth African countries and the native Americans who arrived at the front wearing their traditional battledress! Yes, Indians in war paint and feathered head dress, African warriors carrying spears and dressed as if they were setting out onto the Serengeti! They must have been so out of their comfort zone to say the least. Yet they stood there proud and brave shoulder to shoulder with our home troops. I think of their treatment and their sacrifice often when I hear blanket objections to immigration - but let's not drift onto that subject - I've already wandered from 39-45 to an earlier conflict. |
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7th Jun 2017 11:56am |
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| Mr Fox Member Since: 10 Sep 2011 Location: green & pleasant land Posts: 1037 
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Mini-Fox (14) is currently in Normandy and was at a D-Day memorial yesterday; she also met with a few of the surviving veterans from that day and they told her, along with the other people in her class, of their experience.
In the afternoon I received a photo via text that brought a lump to my throat - it was her, and a friend, on either side of a veteran called Henry, his arms around them, all three of them smiling. The text that accompanied it said: "This is Henry. He was so sweet and really happy that we came to the D Day service." Incredibly moving because they (hopefully) will never know the horrors he has seen, the sacrifices he made and yet he was happy because of the simple act of people remember the actions of he and his colleagues that day. To me the balance doesn't seem right and reminded me of how much these men gave and how deserving they are of recognition, respect and support. When I spoke with her last night, you could tell it made an incredible impact on her and in spite of us visiting the memorial previously, meeting Henry made it all the more real and meaningful. |
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7th Jun 2017 12:11pm |
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