Remembrance Sunday

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What more to say, but RIP to all those who have given their lives in conflicts around the world fighting for the benefit of others.

Lest we Forget.

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Having been on a school battlefields trip to France and Belgium and having stood in Tyne Cot Cemetery surrounded by almost 12,000 graves, 8,000 unnamed with the names of 35,000 other soldiers who's graves are not known it was a very moving experience that will stay with me forever. Only a small amount of the men that gave their lives so that we could be here today.


Lest We Forget
 
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Just got back from the Fenton Cenotaph and its nice to see that every year the numbers are growing.
I first went about 30 years ago and you could count the amount of onlookers on two hands so its great to see more people involved.
 
Observed the silence at 11am and watched some of the Cenotaph memorial service too - Lest We Forget.

I agree with the comments made by one man yesterday during the event at the Royal Albert Hall - that every child should be made to visit the mass graves in France and other such memorials, as otherwise it's just not as powerful reading about it.
 
My Grandad died in February, he was 82. He fought in the 2nd world war so thankyou Grandad for what you did for all of us.

I also never got to meet my great uncle - although I have now inherited a picture of him - because he was shot down in his plane in the first world war.

Condolences to all those who have lost someone in recent years or in other world wars.

To those who never made it back, we can never thankyou enough for what you died for. And respect to those who made it back safely.

We will never forget them.
 
Just a small point of interest, for anyone who doesn't know;

The cenotaphs we see in our towns and villages are there because so many men were lost whose remains have never been located or are without a known grave. In early years after the great war, relatives would visit the cenotaph as if it were the resting place of their loved one.


We will remember them.



The picture above of the grave of a ........ 14 year old; so poignant.
 
Conscript said:
What more to say, but RIP to all those who have given their lives in conflicts around the world fighting for the benefit of others.

Lest we Forget.

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RIP to everyone involved.

Is the picture you posted the Canadian Memorial? Obviously it doesn't matter what memorial it is, it's a memorial...But I was looking through some of my old photos and I saw this :)
 
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others

Thank you
 
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RIP to everyone involved.

Is the picture you posted the Canadian Memorial? Obviously it doesn't matter what memorial it is, it's a memorial...But I was looking through some of my old photos and I saw this :)
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Yes, I took it on a school trip to Ypres back in 2003. It was an imposing and inspiring monument, a picture I really like.
 
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Yes, I took it on a school trip to Ypres back in 2003. It was an imposing and inspiring monument, a picture I really like.
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Yeah Thought I recognised it, I have it as well :)

I went there back in 2001 I believe...We went to most of the major monuments over in Belgium, the size of them is crazy...We had a walk around in one of the old trenches and everything as well...Saw some bomb craters.

It really gives you a feeling of what they sacrificed, and what they went through (to an extent...don't think I could ever imagine the horrors.)
 
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What else can be said.
However they did have an interview on tv earlier and do people not realise it's for all soldiers, not just ww1/2.

Lets not forget those who have died in current conflicts.

Lest we forget
 
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