FabSwingers.com forum: at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month

By *iew OP Man
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

let us remember them.

to all the fallen and those living with the horrors of war.

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over a year ago

"let us remember them.

to all the fallen and those living with the horrors of war.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

,,Massive Respect

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

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By *Kgirl80Woman
over a year ago

South Coast

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By *issBehavingxxWoman
over a year ago

Glasgow

"let us remember them.

to all the fallen and those living with the horrors of war.

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over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Absolutely! Everyone in the democratic worldowes them so much!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i always stop for the 2 minutes - and i always shed a tear - my grandad was in the 1st world war and i know a couple of soldiers who have fought for us - one im very close to and glad i have him in my life -

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By *innamon!Woman
over a year ago

no matter

For all those that died in all the wars..

To all the women and families that wait at home and hold the fort whilst they fight for us.

Grandad Uncles Father in law. All soldiers 1st and 2nd wars.

My birthday too.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning we shall remember.

Uncle Mansel MM xx

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over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Abso-fucking-lutely...

And some there be who no memorial have;

Who perished are as though they’d never been.

For our tomorrows their today they gave,

And simply asked that in our hearts they'd live.

We heed their call and pledge ourselves again,

At dusk and dawn - we will remember them!

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By *luezuluMan
over a year ago

Suffolk

Lest We Forget

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over a year ago

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By *luezuluMan
over a year ago

Suffolk

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields.

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over a year ago

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By *ugby 123Couple
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over a year ago

O o O oo

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By *ucky1Man
over a year ago

a straightjacket

Poppy as always is worn with pride

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By *andybeachWoman
over a year ago

In the middle

Lest We Forget

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Remembering my personal friends that gave their lives for me and everyone of us.

God bless you all brothers, sleep well x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"let us remember them.

to all the fallen and those living with the horrors of war.

My son is named after his great grandfather who was a prisoner of war in Burma for a few years.

He made it back home but sadly died soon after.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Seeing as everyone has already said what we'd say.......................no more words needed from us, simply.....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Respect to fallen friends

Gone but never forgotten

RIP brothers and sisters

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By *ickawitchCouple
over a year ago

Away with the fairies (Liverpool to you)

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over a year ago

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over a year ago

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By *empting Devil.Woman
over a year ago

Sheffield

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Vergissmeinnicht

Three weeks gone and the combatants gone

returning over the nightmare ground

we found the place again, and found

the soldier sprawling in the sun.

The frowning barrel of his gun

overshadowing. As we came on

that day, he hit my tank with one

like the entry of a demon.

Look. Here in the gunpit spoil

the dishonoured picture of his girl

who has put: Steffi. Vergissmeinnicht

in a copybook gothic script.

We see him almost with content,

abased, and seeming to have paid

and mocked at by his own equipment

that's hard and good when he's decayed.

But she would weep to see today

how on his skin the swart flies move;

the dust upon the paper eye

and the burst stomach like a cave.

For here the lover and killer are mingled

who had one body and one heart.

And death who had the soldier singled

has done the lover mortal hurt.

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over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We're both privileged enough to have toured both ww1 and ww2 battlefields

Nothing has taught us more respect than spending time over there

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

They shall grow not old

as we that are left grow old

age shall not weary them

nor the years condemn

at the going down of the sun

and in the morning

we shall remember them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lest We Forget

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By *rsIdiotWoman
over a year ago

Bedworth

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By *en JulieCouple
over a year ago

leeds

At the going down of the sun we WILL remember them.

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By *reasyontheeyesMan
over a year ago

out in the sticks

Remember those in the Great war and second world war that didn't have a choice but to enlist. Those that join up today have a choice. Its for all the chances we have to choose we owe gratitude to the fallen and those that survived.

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By *asques and boxersCouple
over a year ago

Ashford and dept16

Thanks for everyone who has given their lives for humanity. We will not forget.

Thanks for this thread.

But please God let us learn.

And where do you find the poppy???

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By *iew OP Man
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

And where do you find the poppy???

( poppy ) without the spaces

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over a year ago

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over a year ago

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over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Matthew... A part of my life for a short time, but always remembered x

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

I have an ancestor who was tracked down though the regimental diaries etc and he was killed defending a railway embankment in France which is still there. Miles from anywhere.

our family never forgot him

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By *rickMan
over a year ago

teeside

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over a year ago

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

For the African, Asian and Caribbean men you gave their lives in the Great War.

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By *iew OP Man
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

"For the African, Asian and Caribbean men you gave their lives in the Great War.

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By *rickMan
over a year ago

teeside

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By *onbons_xxMan
over a year ago

Bolton

"For the African, Asian and Caribbean men you gave their lives in the Great War.

everybody is connected in this

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Poppy

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By *orth East TruckerMan
over a year ago

Fraserburgh

Lest we forget

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over a year ago

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over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Glorious Dead

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over a year ago

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By *ogistical NightmaresCouple
over a year ago

Manchester Area

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

X my beautiful dad x injuried in wwII

X royal naval reservist so joined up immediately war began x aged 19

Xxx

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By *ileyMan
over a year ago

basildon

poppy.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Poppy"

X add some brackets x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

For all those who gave their lives in combat.

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By *wiftieeMan
over a year ago

near Glasgow

We will remember them.

A great uncle only made it as far as 1915, now lies in a war cemetry in northern France.

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By *carineMan
over a year ago

Armthorpe, Doncaster

It's a tough day for amnesiacs. . .

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

I was fortunate to go to tynecote just after remembrance day. Now that is emotional.

To all the unnamed soldiers

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By *oxy_minxWoman
over a year ago

Scotland - Aberdeen

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By *UN TIME COUPLECouple
over a year ago

redditch

remember the fallen heroes of the past and the present lest we forget much respct

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over a year ago

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By *iew OP Man
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

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By *ulubelle80Woman
over a year ago

North West

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over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lest we forget.... All the fallen heroes. Xxx

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over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Prey for those who have fallen, help those who are still falling.

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By *MP3Man
over a year ago

Between Scylla and Charybdis

"Lest we forget.... All the fallen heroes. Xxx"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Well that was sad to see. . Local sunday league football just kept on playing . It's half a mile from the village memorial where the parade stops . Not a gracious sport is it !

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By *inkyHnSCouple
over a year ago

The Council of Elrond

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over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Well that was sad to see. . Local sunday league football just kept on playing . It's half a mile from the village memorial where the parade stops . Not a gracious sport is it ! "

there should have been a minutes silence before the game.

It's not the 11th of the 11th at 11 am today that's when you expect people to stop everything for 2 minute silence and contemplation.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lest we forget

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"For the African, Asian and Caribbean men you gave their lives in the Great War.

Yes. Sadly referred to as the forgotten of the forgotten by some. I only recently learned that some were taken from their homeland against their will to fight on the battlefields of Europe.

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over a year ago

"Well that was sad to see. . Local sunday league football just kept on playing . It's half a mile from the village memorial where the parade stops . Not a gracious sport is it !

there should have been a minutes silence before the game.

It's not the 11th of the 11th at 11 am today that's when you expect people to stop everything for 2 minute silence and contemplation. "
rememberance sunday in london has a 2 min silence at 11 . I heard the gun go off from here in EN5

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over a year ago

"We're both privileged enough to have toured both ww1 and ww2 battlefields

Nothing has taught us more respect than spending time over there "

All schools should visit, it's humbling

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By *iuliettaWoman
over a year ago

DEVIZES

We didnt forget, when my father was buried on Armistice day 2011 we buried a poppy wreath with the names of his relatives who had no graves so that they would have somewehere to rest back home in England

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Lest we forget"

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By *a-ra-ra-boom-de-ayCouple
over a year ago

Wish it was the Algarve! Aberdeenshire

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By *a-ra-ra-boom-de-ayCouple
over a year ago

Wish it was the Algarve! Aberdeenshire

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By *ensual temptressWoman
over a year ago

Southampton

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Really hope everyone took a break from their phones/laptops etc at 11am. 2min silence and contemplation is the very least we can give them. Xxxx

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By *mm_n_ZedCouple
over a year ago

Fareham

Respect to the fallen - and to those still living in the shadow of conflict

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By *andm288Couple
over a year ago

oxford

Really hope everyone took a break from their phones/laptops etc at 11am. 2min silence and contemplation is the very least we can give them. Xxxx"

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By *iew OP Man
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

Really hope everyone took a break from their phones/laptops etc at 11am. 2min silence and contemplation is the very least we can give them. Xxxx"

I did indeed, I watched the BBC.

Always very moving watching the parade and the dignity that people walk with

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Remember the fallen but do not forget the living...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Greatest respect to those who lost their lives and those who had to live with the aftermath

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over a year ago

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By *ezebelWoman
over a year ago

North of The Wall - youll need your vest

Really hope everyone took a break from their phones/laptops etc at 11am. 2min silence and contemplation is the very least we can give them. Xxxx"

I was at the service at the local cenotaph this morning. Very moving indeed

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over a year ago

"Remember the fallen but do not forget the living...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The bravest man I ever met was Mrs P's grandad. We lost him three years ago and the remembrance service always brings a tear to my eye remembering him. He fought in Arnhem. Mrs P's grandmother got a letter saying he was missing feared dead but the brave Dutch family that hid him wrote to her saying he was alive and well. A great man.

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over a year ago

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

Please remember the living also whos lives will never be the same.

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over a year ago

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By *atinbootsTV/TS
over a year ago

Market Rasen

We Will Remember Them :poppy:

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By *aravancoupleMan
over a year ago

A Secret Hideaway In the caravan of love

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By *iew OP Man
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

thank you all for posting on this thread.

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By *aravancoupleMan
over a year ago

A Secret Hideaway In the caravan of love

A Poem For The Poppy Abusers

This Land Was Build From Blood A Tears,

The Sacrafice Of 2000 Years.

The Romans Came, The Vikings Too,

So Why Would We Be Afraid Of You?

But Mark My Words, And Mark Them Well,

It Was 1066 Since We Last Fell.

When It Comes To A Fight, We Hate To Lose,

So Respect Our Dead,

Or Leave,

You Choose!!!.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Really hope everyone took a break from their phones/laptops etc at 11am. 2min silence and contemplation is the very least we can give them. Xxxx"

nope, I was at the cenotaph in person with my son to pay our respects to those who gave their today's for our tomorrow's

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over a year ago

Really hope everyone took a break from their phones/laptops etc at 11am. 2min silence and contemplation is the very least we can give them. Xxxx

nope, I was at the cenotaph in person with my son to pay our respects to those who gave their today's for our tomorrow's

Me too I always go

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over a year ago

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By *uv2lick11Man
over a year ago

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RIP MY HERO FRANCIS BIRD MY GREAT GRANDAD WHO DIED HAND TO HAND WITH A BAYONET! PURE BRAVERY! IM SO PROUD TO BE NAMED AFTER HIM!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

So important to remember those who fell in all conflicts but remember too those who survive and witnessed such horrors they will remain forever traumatised - and those who love them who have suffered too

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over a year ago

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

in memory of a comrade who never came home..

rip..

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By *ezebelWoman
over a year ago

North of The Wall - youll need your vest

Really hope everyone took a break from their phones/laptops etc at 11am. 2min silence and contemplation is the very least we can give them. Xxxx

I was at the service at the local cenotaph this morning. Very moving indeed

And Im ashamed to say that I hardly knew anything about what my Dad did during WW2, or either of my Grandads during WW1, so Ive spent the day finding out. Im feeling very humbled and proud tonight.

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By *ethnmelvCouple
over a year ago

Cardiff

To all why died, were injured, or were/are close to one who has been - thank you for all your sacrifices

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By *aucy3Couple
over a year ago

glasgow

"let us remember them.

to all the fallen and those living with the horrors of war.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them

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over a year ago

" In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields.

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By *iew OP Man
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

thank you all for posting on this thread

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

" March no more my soldier laddie,

There is peace where there once was war.

Sleep in peace my soldier laddie,

Sleep in peace, now the battle's over."

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