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

What we all doing to commentate 100 years on Sunday? Anyone attending any events?

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By *tirluvMan
over a year ago

the right frame of mind -London

Digging trenches in preparation for Brexit

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

My daughter is singing in the school choir for a rememberence service at church tonight so I’m going to watch that. £5 each the school are charging, I doubt whether any of that will find its way to the poppy appeal.

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By *angtidy42Couple
over a year ago

Redditch

Where off to Monmouth thus year.

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By *nsatiable_nymphWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere down south

Going to watch the local parade, haven't missed a year yet

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By *tonMessCouple
over a year ago

Slough Windsor ish

Thinking of going to the RAF memorial in Runnymede... Or maybe Windsor

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

"Going to watch the local parade, haven't missed a year yet

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

"My daughter is singing in the school choir for a rememberence service at church tonight so I’m going to watch that. £5 each the school are charging, I doubt whether any of that will find its way to the poppy appeal. "

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By *dward_TeagueMan
over a year ago

wolverhampton

I will go to the local parade. I don’t usually go and normally watch the service from the Cenotaph but this year it feels right that I attend in person.

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By *ynecplCouple
over a year ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

Attending the parade in Newcastle as we do every year.

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

Local remembrance parade. 100 years...damn.

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

Look through my Great great Aunts autograph book with the rubbings of the cap badges of the soldiers she treated as a nurse and ambulance driver. She was 19 at the time, went and served in France after her fiancé was killed in the trenches. Wore widows dress for the remainder of her life and died at the ripe old age of 104.

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

i cant get down to plymouth this year sadly but i will be going later in december and meeting ex collegues and paying my respects then

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

Considering I was the honour guard at the local cenotaph as a Sea Cadet, I think I should get my arse to the local cenotaph for the 100 year celebration.

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

Well I went to the service, my daughter sang with her school choir, the ex wife sang in her choir, loads of school kids had written poems and they put on dance shows to poetry and music, it was good to see the kids taking an interest. While this was going on they had a slide show on a big screen of news cuttings of the time for each of the local men that fell. A 14 year old finished off by playing the last post. Brought a tear to my eye. My own son is a serving soldier so it makes you think of the poor buggers who had no chance back then. God bless them.

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

I’ll be rising just after midday and probably go to a pub for lunch, after that the day is unplanned.

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By *inkerbell67Woman
over a year ago

Clacton on sea essex

Will be watching the service on tv and remembering my friend simon who lost his life in Iraq ,gone but never forgotten

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By *isaB45Woman
over a year ago

Fabville

I shall be attending church, where a relative is on the WW2 Roll of Honour.

Lest We Forget

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By *upremexMan
over a year ago

liverpool. huyton. near yewtree

Have put poppy's on my family's headstones in the C.W.W.G. section down south and then will watch it on TV.

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

Local cenotaph then heading out for a walk.

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By *dam and slutCouple
over a year ago

Manchester

Cursing General Haig for the slaughter of 63,000 men in one day.

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

I'll be attending the wreath laying ceremony on the South Mall Cork,my Grand uncle was in the 2 Bn Royal Munster Fusiliers..Now what's got on my nerves is that an Independent Councillor & a "group" are holding a protest the same time as the memorial takes place.I'm all for freedom of speech but this isn't the time nor the place.Highly disrespectful.

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By *hatYorkLadMan
over a year ago

York

Parading with my regiment

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

"What we all doing to commentate 100 years on Sunday? Anyone attending any events? "

My son's school have an assembly later today

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

I'll be going to the parade to remember and honour those who have sacrificed themselves to secure and protect my freedom.

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By *LT22Man
over a year ago

Teddington

Suited booted medals beret, local parade this year a few beers in the RBL with former Para mates.

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

"I'll be attending the wreath laying ceremony on the South Mall Cork,my Grand uncle was in the 2 Bn Royal Munster Fusiliers..Now what's got on my nerves is that an Independent Councillor & a "group" are holding a protest the same time as the memorial takes place.I'm all for freedom of speech but this isn't the time nor the place.Highly disrespectful."

Without wanted to get into a massive historical and political debate with you, you must understand why this would be a contentious issue here?

And they time of the Rememberence would be exactly the time and place for people with those issues to stage their protest.

And while I would not go protest myself I am sure their motivations are not to disrespect your brave Grand Uncle

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

Without wanted to get into a massive historical and political debate with you, you must understand why this would be a contentious issue here?

And they time of the Rememberence would be exactly the time and place for people with those issues to stage their protest.

And while I would not go protest myself I am sure their motivations are not to disrespect your brave Grand Uncle"
I will agree with you that I don't want to get into a historical & political debate regarding this as we'll be here for the next year as I've family members past whom served with the RMF & RIC but also have family members past whom served with the Volunteers.Also I know lads whom are currently serving/served with the British army so I personally think what The People's Convention & O Cadhla are doing on Remembrance Sunday is very disrespectful.The Memorial on Remembrance Sunday is an opportunity for me & other's to show respect to the 3,500 Cork men & Soldiers from all countries whom made the supreme sacrifice in WW1.Not pleased that a protest is being held 30 yards away from the Cenotaph.Will it be a silent protest as the Memorial takes place or will the protest be held without class,respect or manners?

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

Without wanted to get into a massive historical and political debate with you, you must understand why this would be a contentious issue here?

And they time of the Rememberence would be exactly the time and place for people with those issues to stage their protest.

And while I would not go protest myself I am sure their motivations are not to disrespect your brave Grand Uncle I will agree with you that I don't want to get into a historical & political debate regarding this as we'll be here for the next year as I've family members past whom served with the RMF & RIC but also have family members past whom served with the Volunteers.Also I know lads whom are currently serving/served with the British army so I personally think what The People's Convention & O Cadhla are doing on Remembrance Sunday is very disrespectful.The Memorial on Remembrance Sunday is an opportunity for me & other's to show respect to the 3,500 Cork men & Soldiers from all countries whom made the supreme sacrifice in WW1.Not pleased that a protest is being held 30 yards away from the Cenotaph.Will it be a silent protest as the Memorial takes place or will the protest be held without class,respect or manners?"

Honestly I hope it is respectful for you and those that attend.

Ireland does hold its own seperate commemoration day in July which has none of the baggage that comes with Sunday.

And to clarify I have no issue with it and have a 2 friends in the Service over there, I was just pointing out that the protesters have picked that date for tangeable reasons

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

I will be there proudly displaying my campaign medals at the cenotaph in Swansea. We’ve arranged a few beers in the local RBL afterwards.

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

Leading my cub pack in parade!

Emotional day ahead

Lest we forget

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By *upremexMan
over a year ago

liverpool. huyton. near yewtree

I just want to put this out on the forum as I watched this on G.M.B the other day, can not recall the mans name but he thinks after this 100 year to remember the dead we should stop and no longer have the poppy appeal and stop remembering the dead on such a large scale, I don't agree with this man.

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By *apmanMan
over a year ago

Holmfirth

"Cursing General Haig for the slaughter of 63,000 men in one day."

The worst day of the war was 1st July 1916, the start of the Battle of the Somme, with 57,000 casualties including 19,000 killed. Horrific numbers but well short of your figure.

Haig started the poppy fund.

After his death, hundreds of thousands of ex soldiers filed past his coffin to pay their respects.

Then his reputation was trashed by self serving politicians trying to deflect blame or sell books.

Certainly he made mistakes, but WW1 was an entirely new way of war that needed new tactics that he implemented.

He is not blameless, but don't condemn him based on discredited propaganda.

Lest we forget.

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

"I just want to put this out on the forum as I watched this on G.M.B the other day, can not recall the mans name but he thinks after this 100 year to remember the dead we should stop and no longer have the poppy appeal and stop remembering the dead on such a large scale, I don't agree with this man. "

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By *arumcoupleCouple
over a year ago

salisbury

Off on Ventura Southampton to Zebrugge then coach to Ypres and the Flanders fields..

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By *apmanMan
over a year ago

Holmfirth

When you go home, tell them of us and say, 'For your tomorrow, we gave our today'

Kohima Epitaph, WW2

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By *upremexMan
over a year ago

liverpool. huyton. near yewtree

Probably a man who has never had to get his hands dirty, has never suffered loss and has absolutely no idea of the suffering those dead men had to endure and the eternal suffering of the families left behind. Those men deserve to be remembered for ever more. If history is allowed to be forgotten then it is very likely to be repeated. "
.... He is Author" simon Jenkins, says its time to scrap this day.. Now is the time to stop following in the past and focus on the future,he also added, its not history,its a very peculiar sort of remembrance of a particular horrific event... His words...

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

Probably a man who has never had to get his hands dirty, has never suffered loss and has absolutely no idea of the suffering those dead men had to endure and the eternal suffering of the families left behind. Those men deserve to be remembered for ever more. If history is allowed to be forgotten then it is very likely to be repeated. .... He is Author" simon Jenkins, says its time to scrap this day.. Now is the time to stop following in the past and focus on the future,he also added, its not history,its a very peculiar sort of remembrance of a particular horrific event... His words..."

By remembering the horrors of the past we can strive for a better future.............Bulgy McBulge Pants (he’s not an author)

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By *ral ExtraordinaireMan
over a year ago

Kent

Lest we forget

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By *izzy.Woman
over a year ago

Stoke area

I went to a wreath laying ceremony locally. My son and ex husband are at The Menin Gate for the service .

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

I went to the ceremony in Birmingham. Very moving indeed

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By *upremexMan
over a year ago

liverpool. huyton. near yewtree

Probably a man who has never had to get his hands dirty, has never suffered loss and has absolutely no idea of the suffering those dead men had to endure and the eternal suffering of the families left behind. Those men deserve to be remembered for ever more. If history is allowed to be forgotten then it is very likely to be repeated. .... He is Author" simon Jenkins, says its time to scrap this day.. Now is the time to stop following in the past and focus on the future,he also added, its not history,its a very peculiar sort of remembrance of a particular horrific event... His words...

By remembering the horrors of the past we can strive for a better future.............Bulgy McBulge Pants (he’s not an author)"
....if you write more than 6 books I think he can say he is an author as well as his other interests.

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

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

Probably a man who has never had to get his hands dirty, has never suffered loss and has absolutely no idea of the suffering those dead men had to endure and the eternal suffering of the families left behind. Those men deserve to be remembered for ever more. If history is allowed to be forgotten then it is very likely to be repeated. .... He is Author" simon Jenkins, says its time to scrap this day.. Now is the time to stop following in the past and focus on the future,he also added, its not history,its a very peculiar sort of remembrance of a particular horrific event... His words...

By remembering the horrors of the past we can strive for a better future.............Bulgy McBulge Pants (he’s not an author)....if you write more than 6 books I think he can say he is an author as well as his other interests.

I can confirm that Bulgy McBulge Pants not an author, as previously stated.

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

I watched the ceremony on tv R.I.P

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

Been a day for reflection. Ended it with a wee dram, RIP, lest we forget....

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

Went back to lympstone

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