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at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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 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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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
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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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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 (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"let us remember them.
to all the fallen and those living with the horrors of war.
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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
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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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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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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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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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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 (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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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 (user no longer on site)
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"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)
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"For the African, Asian and Caribbean men you gave their lives in the Great War.
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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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By (user no longer on site)
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"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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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"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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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 *iew OP Man
over a year ago
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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 *ezebelWoman
over a year ago
North of The Wall - youll need your vest |
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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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By (user no longer on site)
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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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By *aravancoupleMan
over a year ago
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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)
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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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By (user no longer on site)
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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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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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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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By *ezebelWoman
over a year ago
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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 (user no longer on site)
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" 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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