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- South Wales UK
11th Day ,11th Hour of The 11th Month.
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We Will Remember Them
- Thread starter Still Farming
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- Location
- South wales
Sad you hear less and less about it in the media every year, disgrace it’s not being made a big deal of IMO
- Location
- Ledbury, Herefordshire
I think the opposite. I refuse to stop wearing a poppy, but I get quite sick of the jingoism that now seems to go on.
Last year, in my home village some locals projected an image of Churchill on the church, which I found particularly crass and lacking in solemnity, especially since all of my grandparents (who were the ww2 generation) and their contemporaries despised him.
In 2018, I sat through a baffling speech in an assembly (was teaching) from a history teacher ref WW1 (as it was the anniversary) about how those men "died for others freedom", when they didn't, which was kind of the point and why the poppy came into existence - they died needlessly in a squabble between queen Victorias descendants. In any conversation about WW1 on remembrance day, I expect Owen or Sassoon, not sabre rattling.
I think the service is very relevant and necessary, but knitted poppies stuck to trees, cut outs of "tommies" etc etc can feck off.
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- Ledbury, Herefordshire
You did that before I edited to add the bit about Wilfrid Owen or Siegfried Sassoon, but that'll do. As would "The Green Fields of France"
- Location
- South wales
I’ll put it another way then I think it’s a disgrace that each passing generation seems to care less and less
- Location
- Ledbury, Herefordshire
I suppose it's because they are further and further from the odd historical phenomenon that was "total war" in the early 20th century - wars have gone back to being things that are fought in lands far away by professional soldiers as opposed to mass fighting involving hastily trained citizens.
- Location
- South wales
Still hard to get your head around the numbers of lives lost
- Location
- Ledbury, Herefordshire
Its almost unimaginable, I think - and then there's nations we never seem to talk about, like the 14 million Chinese who died in ww2.
Castle Farm
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Well guys WW3 is just around the corner. I wonder how many will step up this time.
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- South Wales UK
And all those that gave their lives would really be wondering what for with these generations and woke views etc etc ???☹
- Location
- South wales
Caught the tail end of a programme on bbc 4 earlier showing the lads marching at the end of the war I said to the wife just imagine they could see what’s become of Britain and the world now
- Location
- Ledbury, Herefordshire
Well, given that both my grandads (both fought) were at one time or another members of the communist party.....
Do they care less? Or are we as parents teaching them less about our own family histories? I have done my own family tree and when showing to my kids ( teens ) were very interested, maybe we sometimes assume a lack of interest.
Whitewalker
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Very moving poem .
Norfolk Hill Farmer
Member
I often look at the war memorial in our village, all those names from one small place ! and not including the ones he came back ,who would never be the same again. We should remember them today ,and live up to their sacrifice by doing all we can , to not let the catastrophe of war be necessary.
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- South Molton
My grandfather's brother and 2 step brother all gave the ultimate sacrifice.
Today's woke generation think the ultimate sacrifice is when their Nutty,mocha,caramel,extra shot flappy lappy extra large isn't avaliable to go.
Maybe I am just a sensitive soul as the thought of what those "boys" , and they were mostly boys, went through in both world wars, along with other conflicts, it makes me well up to be honest.
Today's woke generation think the ultimate sacrifice is when their Nutty,mocha,caramel,extra shot flappy lappy extra large isn't avaliable to go.
Maybe I am just a sensitive soul as the thought of what those "boys" , and they were mostly boys, went through in both world wars, along with other conflicts, it makes me well up to be honest.
The 8th and 9th (Service) Battalions The Devonshire Regiment in World War One - The Keep Military Museum, Dorchester, Dorset
The hisitory of the 8th and 9th (Service Battalions) of The Devonshire Regiment, World War One
www.keepmilitarymuseum.org
The Devonshires hold it still.
Dave6170
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- Location
- Watten, caithness
My daughter who is in primary 2 has been learning about this in school this week. I thought that was really good.