11AM tommorrow .

[Squid]

Trying to locate some photos of my Father in his whites, but can't find them but I remembered about a letter my Grandmother who I never met sent him, it starts off with "Władek, I am glad to hear that you are alive", my Fathers name was Władysław the letter was sent in 1952 my Father left home in 1939 before the war to be a trawler man.

I just can't imagine what people went through.

 

[Pete999]

Trying to locate some photos of my Father in his whites, but can't find them but I remembered about a letter my Grandmother who I never met sent him, it starts off with "Władek, I am glad to hear that you are alive", my Fathers name was Władysław the letter was sent in 1952 my Father left home in 1939 before the war to be a trawler man.

I just can't imagine what people went through.

No neither can I

 

[Octopus]

What I struggle to cope with , is the loss that the parents must have felt .......

So many of the brave ones were under 25

 

[Toneyz]

Read through this post and am finding it a bit disrespectful for those that have taken it off topic on other issues.

 

[GMES]

Several posts deleted for being off topic, probably not intentional but let's give this thread the Respect it deserves.

 

[Squid]

Read through this post and am finding it a bit disrespectful for those that have taken it off topic on other issues.

I know what you mean......

 

[Squid]

Several posts deleted for being off topic, probably not intentional but let's give this thread the Respect it deserves.

There are some that still need deleting.

 

[Squid]

What I struggle to cope with , is the loss that the parents must have felt .......

So many of the brave ones were under 25

My Mother and her Sister buried their Father in a shallow grave on the way to Siberia when the Russians sent them to a concentration camp to die, it wasn't just the parents that suffered.

 

[Rpa07]

16 million were said to have died in the Great War (the war to end all wars)
People don’t mention the 50 million that died of Spanish flu immediately following the armistice!
Amazing numbers when you really think!
Utmost respect to all who went before us.

 

[Sintra]

Guys please keep this thread on topic as this is the second time we have had to do a clean up.

 

[Squid]

This was painted by my middle child when she was just 10. It is now my wallpaper on my laptop and my phone. One day I might have it printed on a t shirt.

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I would get them printed up on to small cards like the ones they hand out when you buy flowers as they are beautiful, make sure she signs her name.

 

[Squid]

A friends relative, when men where truly men, on the right missing a hand.

Adrian Carton de Wiart - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart

 

[Pete999]

I would get them printed up on to small cards like the ones they hand out when you buy flowers as they are beautiful, make sure she signs her name.

Or make the picture into enamel badges, if possible, a lovely thought from one so young, well done Young Lady.

 

[Strima]

The war didn't end for everyone on 11/11/18, a good write up here and interesting to see what Britain wanted after the war by trying to topple the Bolsheviks...

The One Time American Troops Fought Russians Was at the End of World War I—and They Lost - https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-one-time-american-troops-fought-russians-was-at-the-end-of-world-war-iand-they-lost-1541772001?emailToken=351e61130a829e81900289e770fe69c186tyvpjkrC4dTEBIN8PHAEF7utRHgQeYt0X34HnymybDca4E7SVdVXugC%2FimScd8o6vwZorPM5kNYr2sebW22OoGEsTbj0uvQaJYqmfrNX7NgxPOmm8jfb2LBPYmJ3+4Z5rAHM4CA2FimOx9gnsjrdYCwxM26l1X+bu1egFllDg%3D&reflink=article_copyURL_share&fbclid=IwAR1WF8aophaO0otbo3_iCZKf6NmquDJ5fEM6dP8wsICL4ew6VOEne-8ByW4

 

[ruston]

Just like to say thank you to all who served , and all who gave their lives in all wars.
I am off to the local Village Cenotaph to pay my respect to the fallen and all who served.