11AM tommorrow .

[MDJ]

Please do not forget to stand silent for our fallen hero's, lest we forget

 

[Pete999]

Please do not forget to stand silent for our fallen hero's, lest we forget View attachment 45637

Agree Mate but I'm afraid I will be within a MRI scanner in John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. can't avoid it so apologies.

 

[ruston]

I will be at the local village Cenotaph tomorrow to pay my respects to all who served and died , including my best friend of 50 years that served 28 years in the Coldstream Guards .

 

[Silly Sausage]

I had a relation lost somewhere in Gallipoli, just a name on a memorial now. Only early 20s. War - waste of ... everything really.

I learnt a somewhat disturbing fact the other day about the Armistice and the Treaty of Versailles. The programme on Thursday night was saying that the terms of A and ToV were so punitive and brutal on Germany, along with the prolonged blockade of their ports that resulted in 100s of 1000s of civilian deaths due to starvation, that they were all out for revenge, can't blame them really, which led to the rise of Hitler and the events 20 years later.

 

[Strima]

I'll be at my local Cenotaph, same as I am every year.

 

[Midwest]

Agree Mate but I'm afraid I will be within a MRI scanner in John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. can't avoid it so apologies.

Hope all goes well Pete, if you know what I mean.

 

[Midwest]

I don't attend these ceremonies, I did through work before, perhaps I should now. But I always wear me poppy, and try best I can to observe the two minute silence. Visited Tyne Cot last year, all those names on walls & walls of memorials. Will we still be remembering them in another 100 years?

 

[littlespark]

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.

 

[ruston]

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.

View attachment 45639

I just love that . It has brought tears to my eyes.

 

[buzzlightyear]

my grandson went to France Ypres with the school and showed them
some of the battle fields .good on the teachers to take them their .and to show them what it was like for those fallen men .and the ones that came home after.

 

[Pete999]

I just love that . It has brought tears to my eyes.

YEP very touching Mate

 

[pirate]

I'd buy that T-Shirt, Littlespark...
Midwest, I'm with you...but will observe wherever I am, while reflecting on the unbelievable crass stupidity of those who controlled the war and condemned so many to death...bitter? Yes...and lest we forget, there were those who died and should always be remembered and revered, and those who didn't die, but ordered those deaths, and who should be remembered and reviled...
and Pete, we'll all be hoping you don't nag them about the crap wiring!

 

[Pete999]

I'd buy that T-Shirt, Littlespark...
Midwest, I'm with you...but will observe wherever I am, while reflecting on the unbelievable crass stupidity of those who controlled the war and condemned so many to death...bitter? Yes...and lest we forget, there were those who died and should always be remembered and revered, and those who didn't die, but ordered those deaths, and who should be remembered and reviled...
and Pete, we'll all be hoping you don't nag them about the crap wiring!

I will have other things on my mind Pirate, until I get home and watch the proceedings I have on record but my thoughts will be with them, whoever they may be, lest we forget!!!!!!

 

[pirate]

I know...ATB mate.

 

[Pete999]

I'd buy that T-Shirt, Littlespark...
Midwest, I'm with you...but will observe wherever I am, while reflecting on the unbelievable crass stupidity of those who controlled the war and condemned so many to death...bitter? Yes...and lest we forget, there were those who died and should always be remembered and revered, and those who didn't die, but ordered those deaths, and who should be remembered and reviled...
and Pete, we'll all be hoping you don't nag them about the crap wiring!

As will I

 

[littlespark]

I just watched news footage of the world leaders joining together for rememberance.
French Macron nudges Trump and offers his hand for a handshake photo opportunity… What does Trump do??? "Thumbs up!"
What an idiot.

 

[Pete999]

I just watched news footage of the world leaders joining together for rememberance.
French Macron nudges Trump and offers his hand for a handshake photo opportunity… What does Trump do??? "Thumbs up!"
What an idiot.

Well we all know that, don't we? an idiot I mean.

 

[buzzlightyear]

Well we all know that, don't we? an idiot I mean

I have got to give credit to trump about NATO .tell the other country's to cough up and start paying your shear. and France macaroon wanting to put together a E.U. army .I bet they want be leading the charge .what is the white in the middle of the flag I wonder.,

 

[MDJ]

It is times like this we forget the petty differences between us and all stand tall with our heads bowed to show our deep respect for our fallen hero's, some incredible replies so far in this thread, pete we love you mate, I hope all goes well for you my friend.

 

[Pete999]

Hope all goes well Pete, if you know what I mean.

Me as well

 

[Pete999]

It is times like this we forget the petty differences between us and all stand tall with our heads bowed to show our deep respect for our fallen hero's, some incredible replies so far in this thread, pete we love you mate, I hope all goes well for you my friend.

Thanks, sure it will I hope, won't know for deffo till Jan 2019, sure they will let me know sooner if something is not right.

 

[Squid]

Polish Indépendance day tomorrow when Poland became a country after being wiped off the map.

I will remember my Father and Mother as they both served.

Also picked up The Arctic Star earlier this year to complete the set.

 

[littlespark]

Yeah. Good luck, Pete.
And while you’re there, maybe you could get that flex surgically removed from your backside.

 

[MDJ]

God help the Nurses lol.

 

[andyb]

I have got to give credit to trump about NATO .tell the other country's to cough up and start paying your shear. and France macaroon wanting to put together a E.U. army .I bet they want be leading the charge .what is the white in the middle of the flag I wonder.,

Just a little heads up for you Buzz, this is actually a thread about remembrance Sunday, which is tomorrow.

 

[JAWS]

I just watched news footage of the world leaders joining together for rememberance.
French Macron nudges Trump and offers his hand for a handshake photo opportunity… What does Trump do??? "Thumbs up!"
What an idiot.

Not sure why Trump is the idiot considering it was that idiot Macron who said that the EU (apparently a trading block) needs an Army to protect itself from the US.

 

[Midwest]

Me as well

+ Me

 

[Midwest]

Not sure why Trump is the idiot considering it was that idiot Macron who said that the EU (apparently a trading block) needs an Army to protect itself from the US.

Lets not go off topic on this one.

 

[littlespark]

Sorry. My fault for mentioning Trump.

Here’s another picture of a poppy from my other daughter.

 

[xmetal]

I will be going along with my dad (he's 95 and is an ex ww2 soldier) and my daughter to the Solihull one outside St Aphege Church tomorrow.

 

[Andy78]

I'll be in town tomorrow with my family observing the silence, hopefully attending a service too.

Before I became a wire rustler I studied art and art history. A particular project saw me studying war artists, one of which was Paul Nash, the official British war artist for WWI and serving soldier.

I think that some of the paintings he produced, particularly the ones depicting shelled battlefields with scorched trees, serve as some of the most powerful images I have ever seen to remind us of the futility and destruction of war, most of all the human loss.
For me there is no better reminder than these pictures.

 

[PEG]

Will be doing our tribute,in the morning,at our small clay shoot...flags up,silence and three shot salute...my sixteen year old,myself and our raggity bunch.

My mum's father was pilot of a Wellington,shot down over France,when she was 2 years old...there's two generations touched...my calling was elsewhere,but my lad will be off to Lympestone,for Marine Officer Training,after his A levels,so,the link continues...

So,for what has been,and what's to come - tomorrow matters.

 

[Squid]

Miss my Mum on days like this.

 

[pirate]

Thank you all for your contributions to this thread...it's good to know how much rsspect is out there.

 

[Squid]

Popped down to visit my Mum today and to light a candle, years back I managed to get a good spot for her in the cemetery, she would have been happy.

 

[diyterry]

Agree Mate but I'm afraid I will be within a MRI scanner in John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. can't avoid it so apologies.

Hope it went well Pete, had a brain scan a few years ago and had to have all my fillings redone afterwards as the scanner had loosened them all.

 

[Rpa07]

Church did us proud for the remembrance - never seen so many suits on the peoples - looked liked court day (but not my lot!)
My mate pastor Ken, 82 who served in the SAS and as an MP went up to children’s church and used his parade stick to bring them into order. I don’t think they’ll forget that one for a while.

 

[Pete999]

Hope it went well Pete, had a brain scan a few years ago and had to have all my fillings redone afterwards as the scanner had loosened them all.

All fine so far, the only thing I didn't like was being cocooned in the scanner with ear plugs in and Nursey mumbling just a small ----- and jabbing a needle in my arm and filling me up with some mildly radioactive dye, to be fair she had warned me before hand, but don't know about you I like to watch when someone is injecting me, a very disconcerting experience, but all went well otherwise, thanks for asking. Stopped for some scran at M40 Junction 10 services, Burger King looked inviting so got my Burger and sat down watching the day go by, something caught my eye saw this Asian family Young Hubby and Wife ith what I could only assume was Parents of some sort, they looked Afghan judging by the traditional clothes the Old couple were wearing, the Old Bay had a long white beard and looked totally bemused at the shops etc, I really felt for him, and he was wearing a poppy in his tunic, made me think about things for a while.

 

[Octopus]

We live quite close to Brookwood Cemetery, which houses one of the largest Military cemeteries in the UK. The misses and I have just been for a wander around to respect the fallen:

To visit any of my family military graves I would need to go to France / Belgium and then on to Berlin

May they all rest in peace.

 

[pirate]

Beautiful pics Murdoch, thanks for sharing.

 

[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.