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The Glorious Dead - The World Remembers

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

Lest We Forget

11/11/11/1918

On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918 the guns of Europe fell silent. After four years of the most bitter and devastating fighting, The War was finally over. The Armistice was signed at 5am in a railway carriage in the Forest of Compiegne, France on November 11, 1918. Six hours later, at 11am, the war ended. Now, over eighty years later a two-minute silence is observed throughout the country. The Royal Family, along with leading politicians and religious leaders gather at The Cenotaph in Whitehall, London for a service and all branches of the civilian and military services are represented in ceremonies throughout Britain and beyond

Why The Poppy;

Scarlet poppies grow naturally in conditions of disturbed earth throughout Western Europe. The association between this delicate flower and the ruin of conflict was first made after the Napoleonic wars of the early 19th Century. Ravaged by savage battle, the bare land was transformed into fields of blood-_ed poppies, growing around the bodies of the fallen soldiers. In late 1914, the fields of Northern Europe were once again ripped open by the conflict of WWI, causing poppies to bloom in their thousands. The flower represents the immeasurable sacrifice made by those who died in this and later conflicts. A poignant realisation of poppy symbolism can be found in the 1915 poem "[In Flanders Field]"(http://www.greatwar.co.uk/poems/john-mccrae-in-flanders-fields.htm "Poem"), written by John McCrae, a surgeon in the Canadian Army. He died in 1918

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over a year ago


"Lest We Forget

11/11/11/1918

On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918 the guns of Europe fell silent. After four years of the most bitter and devastating fighting, The War was finally over. The Armistice was signed at 5am in a railway carriage in the Forest of Compiegne, France on November 11, 1918. Six hours later, at 11am, the war ended. Now, over eighty years later a two-minute silence is observed throughout the country. The Royal Family, along with leading politicians and religious leaders gather at The Cenotaph in Whitehall, London for a service and all branches of the civilian and military services are represented in ceremonies throughout Britain and beyond

Why The Poppy;

Scarlet poppies grow naturally in conditions of disturbed earth throughout Western Europe. The association between this delicate flower and the ruin of conflict was first made after the Napoleonic wars of the early 19th Century. Ravaged by savage battle, the bare land was transformed into fields of blood-_ed poppies, growing around the bodies of the fallen soldiers. In late 1914, the fields of Northern Europe were once again ripped open by the conflict of WWI, causing poppies to bloom in their thousands. The flower represents the immeasurable sacrifice made by those who died in this and later conflicts. A poignant realisation of poppy symbolism can be found in the 1915 poem "[In Flanders Field]"(http://www.greatwar.co.uk/poems/john-mccrae-in-flanders-fields.htm "Poem"), written by John McCrae, a surgeon in the Canadian Army. He died in 1918"
Nice one OP x

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

I started a thread on this earlier but yours is far better than mine

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


"I started a thread on this earlier but yours is far better than mine "

I am so so sorry, I did not see it, I appologise

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By *edMan
over a year ago

cambridgeshire


"I started a thread on this earlier but yours is far better than mine

I am so so sorry, I did not see it, I appologise"

I wouldn't apologise.. One thread is not enough to reflect everyone's feelings or do justice for those that died.

Both threads are good

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

I think it's a very sad day and there's nothing glorious about being dead.

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


"I think it's a very sad day and there's nothing glorious about being dead. "

Im with you there joe

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


"Lest We Forget

11/11/11/1918

On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918 the guns of Europe fell silent. After four years of the most bitter and devastating fighting, The War was finally over. The Armistice was signed at 5am in a railway carriage in the Forest of Compiegne, France on November 11, 1918. Six hours later, at 11am, the war ended. Now, over eighty years later a two-minute silence is observed throughout the country. The Royal Family, along with leading politicians and religious leaders gather at The Cenotaph in Whitehall, London for a service and all branches of the civilian and military services are represented in ceremonies throughout Britain and beyond

Why The Poppy;

Scarlet poppies grow naturally in conditions of disturbed earth throughout Western Europe. The association between this delicate flower and the ruin of conflict was first made after the Napoleonic wars of the early 19th Century. Ravaged by savage battle, the bare land was transformed into fields of blood-_ed poppies, growing around the bodies of the fallen soldiers. In late 1914, the fields of Northern Europe were once again ripped open by the conflict of WWI, causing poppies to bloom in their thousands. The flower represents the immeasurable sacrifice made by those who died in this and later conflicts. A poignant realisation of poppy symbolism can be found in the 1915 poem "[In Flanders Field]"(http://www.greatwar.co.uk/poems/john-mccrae-in-flanders-fields.htm "Poem"), written by John McCrae, a surgeon in the Canadian Army. He died in 1918"

Excellent post. Thank you.

I shall be remembering a few friends lost in recent conflicts and paying my respects to those who have gone before.

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By *atcoupleCouple
over a year ago

Suffolk - East Anglia


"Lest We Forget

11/11/11/1918

On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918 the guns of Europe fell silent. After four years of the most bitter and devastating fighting, The War was finally over. The Armistice was signed at 5am in a railway carriage in the Forest of Compiegne, France on November 11, 1918. Six hours later, at 11am, the war ended. Now, over eighty years later a two-minute silence is observed throughout the country. The Royal Family, along with leading politicians and religious leaders gather at The Cenotaph in Whitehall, London for a service and all branches of the civilian and military services are represented in ceremonies throughout Britain and beyond

Why The Poppy;

Scarlet poppies grow naturally in conditions of disturbed earth throughout Western Europe. The association between this delicate flower and the ruin of conflict was first made after the Napoleonic wars of the early 19th Century. Ravaged by savage battle, the bare land was transformed into fields of blood-_ed poppies, growing around the bodies of the fallen soldiers. In late 1914, the fields of Northern Europe were once again ripped open by the conflict of WWI, causing poppies to bloom in their thousands. The flower represents the immeasurable sacrifice made by those who died in this and later conflicts. A poignant realisation of poppy symbolism can be found in the 1915 poem "[In Flanders Field]"(http://www.greatwar.co.uk/poems/john-mccrae-in-flanders-fields.htm "Poem"), written by John McCrae, a surgeon in the Canadian Army. He died in 1918

Excellent post. Thank you.

I shall be remembering a few friends lost in recent conflicts and paying my respects to those who have gone before. "

Agreed; an excellent post, thank you and well done OP.

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