I'm lucky enough to work in Bedworth, home of one of the largest armistice day parades in the country.
Yesterday the whole of the town centre was closed off to traffics for two hours. Thousands of people lined the streets to watch a parade which consisted of 3 bands, veteran soldiers, serving soldiers,current and former ghurkas, cadets and scouts.
It's the first time I've had the privilege of watching and it was an extremely moving experience |
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"im waiting for the festival of rememberance at 9pm im fine till the chelsea pensioners come in then im blubbing "
I am out watching Wales v Serbia and just realised that I am missing this. Probably the first time in 20 years I have done so. I always choke up when they release the poppies. I'm sure it will be on IPlayer?
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"Just take two minutes this Sunday. I had two grandfathers who came back from France. So lucky. Can't say any more."
I did 2 minutes on Friday, in the cake shop |
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By *oddyWoman
over a year ago
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"im waiting for the festival of rememberance at 9pm im fine till the chelsea pensioners come in then im blubbing
I've already blubbed ...
Me too "
ive not stopped blubbing |
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My eldest is playing drum with Army Cadets in our town parade & we had a small service in our town square yesterday. 25 years ago my stepdad was out in the gulf. 10 years ago my little brother had just gone to Iraq. He came home but many of his comrades & a couple of family friends sadly didn't |
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I'm in Kings Lynn later to take part in the service. I served in the army for a number of years so I like to remember the fallen. I wear my medals in their honour. |
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"The combined ages of the Chelsea Pensioners is 1,180 years
Bless them all "
Can't be, theres over 300 of them, that would mean the average age of a Chelsea pensioner is about 4  |
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By *omez42Man
over a year ago
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I visited the shrouds of the Somme in Bristol yesterday. 19,240 killed in the first day of the battle. A difficult number to comprehend until you see them all laid out in front of you. 12,000 of those still lie under the battlefield.
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By *oddyWoman
over a year ago
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"The combined ages of the Chelsea Pensioners is 1,180 years
Bless them all
Can't be, theres over 300 of them, that would mean the average age of a Chelsea pensioner is about 4 "
It was the combined ages of the ones that were there last night |
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I had an uncle that never returned from ww2. Now I'm trying to find out which one of the many graveyards in Holland where he is buried.
Not a clue where to start as my father passed away some years ago and dads only surviving sibling has alzimers so she can't tell me.
So if anyone can guide me in the right direction as to websites, organisations etc it would be much appreciated. As I would like to visit his grave one day |
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"I'm in Kings Lynn later to take part in the service. I served in the army for a number of years so I like to remember the fallen. I wear my medals in their honour."
 I am sure it is such a poignant time for you. Well done. |
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Every year reminds me of my times in Afghanistan. 2007 especially when I was at Camp Bastion. The was a lot of deaths that year. So many ramp ceremonies that tour. I will never forget the feeling of watching the coffins being loaded on to the back of a Hurc for their last flight home. Even worse the feeling you'll probably be witnessing the same thing again the next week. Every time I hear The Last Post my mind returns to those hot evening stood watching another body going home. |
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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago
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I've visited most of the WW1 major battle areas & graveyards over the years Also visited the D-Day landing sites & battle areas on a few 6th Junes going right though the countryside to the Falaise Pocket where they still find the odd German in a shallow grave.
I intend to be in France somewhere on 11/11/2018 probably Ypres, Vimy Ridge somewhere like that.
My dad & his brother were enroute when WW2 ended, they spent two years in North Africa collecting tanks. My dad was scarred on his back from his shorts line to his neck when one Sherman that had been "repaired" burst into flames while he was driving it onto a tank transporter.
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"Every year reminds me of my times in Afghanistan. 2007 especially when I was at Camp Bastion. The was a lot of deaths that year. So many ramp ceremonies that tour. I will never forget the feeling of watching the coffins being loaded on to the back of a Hurc for their last flight home. Even worse the feeling you'll probably be witnessing the same thing again the next week. Every time I hear The Last Post my mind returns to those hot evening stood watching another body going home."
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Watched the Remembrance Service on TV this morning through a mist of tears. All those servicemen/vets/relatives marching along, heads held high and proud, thinking of those who never returned. |
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Wish I was able to switch off my brain sometimes at the ramp ceremonies. But I couldn't. Just be staring at that coffin thinking about the guy inside it. All the things they will have missed out on in life, all the people around them that will miss out on them. Hoping that they didn't have kids or a wife. As a father and some who lost his dad as a boy I can think of nothing worse than a parent never returning home. It a hell of a price to pay and it's sad that people still have to pay it. |
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