Remembrance Day

[Oma]

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[Daisy]

Oma - particularly poignant with the Passchendaele anniversary.

I hope we never forget or stop honouring those who have fought to preserve our freedom.

[Mimi]

[Nanto2girls]

We wear our poppies with pride.
I have heard some say(my FIL included) that it's time to forget about the wars.
But i don't think they realise it also commemerates more recent wars.
Our eldest worked on the bomb disposal when he was in the army.
He served 2 years in Northern Ireland.

[Plantaholic]

Quite right Nanto, we should never forget.

[Oma]

My Brian did 3 tours of duty in Northern Ireland , that's how he was injured , People don't think of the Irish troubles as wars .

[Glammanana]

I stood this morning and remembered not only those we lost in 2 World Wars but the young men my boys served with in Irag & Afganistan who where injured or never came back to their families,I am always very near to tears on the 11th I have learned to not over think things as regards to my boys coming home safely to me.May God Bless all who have lost loved ones.

[Shemadee]

OH’s Uncle was only 23 when he was killed in Italy. It seems to me that he, and all the others, deserve to be remembered for the sacrifice they made.

[Grauntie Mag]

A small point. I read somewhere that ladies should wear their poppies on the left with the leaf at 11am. I didn't know this before yesterday.

[Daisy]

GM - I didn't know that either. I wear it on the left but hadn't thought about the 'time' for the leaf.

Shem - I totally agree. My own uncle was killed in France at the very end of the First World War - he hasn't even got a grave, just his name on a memorial. It really upset me when I found that out while doing our family history. He was 18. I don't think my auntie (his sister) ever got over it and she would often talk about 'our Jack'

Oma - there have been so many conflicts since the Second World War, I really don't understand why people don't realise the service men and women who have been involved in them deserve exactly the same kind of recognition. The injuries, both physical and mental, are always present.

[Oma]

Daisy Likes of Ireland etc are forgotten wars ,
My Uncle died aged 22 in the 2nd world war , as did Brian's Uncle aged 20 on the German side . So many young lives taken

[Daisy]

I really don't understand why conflicts like Ireland are 'forgotten' - they were just as real and just as devastating to the brave soldiers who fought in them. It's not right. As you say so many young lives lost in all these terrible wars, whichever side they were on.