YorkieontheTyne Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 At the going down of the sun, and in the morning We will remember them. Laurence Binyon. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hauxwell Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say, For Their Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today” John Maxwell Edmonds (1875 -1958) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningman Posted June 5 Author Share Posted June 5 Remembrance event in Barkers Pool tomorrow 10-30 am to 11-30 am A large crowd attending would be a fitting tribute ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longcol Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 On our honeymoon in early Jume 1987 we caught the overnight ferry from Portsmouth to Caen, We sat in the lounge bar and were joined by a group of paras who had been part of the capture of Pegasus Bridge, Their main memories of the campaign were the friendship and hospitality of the liberated French - the reason many came back year on year was as well as commemerating fallen comrades was to meet up and have a meal and a glass of wine or two with French families who remembered them. They were lovely blokes, no self glorification, just done their duty and glad to be personally remembered by folk they'd help liberate. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukdobby Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Listening to these old folk makes you realise what marvellous brave people they were,they don’t want glory they see it has a job to be done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cressida Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-69089969 Lest we forget what we owe to the brave men who fought for our country and our rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad-dad Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 (edited) Imagine being an arachnophobe and walking face-first into a spider's web across the doorway. Imagine being a claustrophobe and being locked in a wardrobe overnight. Imagine suffering from acrophobia and being taken to the top of the Eiffel Tower Now, imagine having all these phobias and being locked in a wardrobe full of spiders at the top of the Eiffel Tower. On 6th June 1944, the fear of death that these lads faced would have made being in that wardrobe seem like a minor inconvenience. Yet still, with friends falling right and left, they advanced into what could only be described as 'hell'. We now see the few survivors, proud but humble, recounting how, as an 18/19 year-old lad, they along with their fallen mates "Did what we had to do. No more, no less" Sirs, we thank and salute you all. Edited June 6 by mad-dad 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningman Posted June 15 Author Share Posted June 15 I went to Normandy last week, what an experience ! Visited all the assault beaches and my thoughts were of my cousin Jack 80 years ago as he managed to reach Sword Beach after being blown into the sea. Visited cemeteries, museums and some of the villages that were fought over in those first few days. Went to Pegasus Bridge and was amazed at the story of the first glider landing close by at just after midnight. The sight of those 4500 white crosses in the American Cemetery close to Omaha Beach brought tears to my eyes. What a waste of young life and in one of the cemeteries visited, lay a 16 year old lad. Really pleased to have seen the inscription on the monument at Bayeux relating to my Dad's pal. Frederick Auty, Private, 11408291, Died 13th June 1944 age 41, Parachute Regiment ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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