We will remember them

[Wizzerboy]

 

[Satriale's Pork Store]

Damn right.

Some things are more important than even football.

 

[Davepick]

I most certainly will.
I lost an uncle, who I never met, in WW1.
19 years old and the only male and 5 sisters in the family.
Went to France in 1917, Was in the front line for 2 days, shot dead by a sniper.
I'll be thinking of him today & tomorrow.
P.S. we have visited his grave in France a few times.

 

[Kingscoatkiwi]

They shall not grow old……

 

[Matesrates]

We will

 

[seasideone]

They were and are braver than me

 

[1966_and_all_that]

They were and are braver than me

To be fair One I think that bravery was thrust upon them.

 

[seasideone]

To be fair One I think that bravery was thrust upon them.

Hard to argue against what you said, as I guess many didn’t have a choice.

But my god, I respect and remember them!

 

[Wizzerboy]

Hard to argue against what you said, as I guess many didn’t have a choice.

But my god, I respect and remember them!

I think the choice was to fight for what we've now got or to bow down to a mad dictator.
God help us if it ever happened again , as anything and everything is questioned before a decision takes place

 

[TotallyTangerine]

To be fair One I think that bravery was thrust upon them.

Perhaps so but they were ‘incredibly’ brave though. It never fails to astonish me when I see footage of them climbing up the ladders, emerging from the trench and running into ‘hell.’
The desertion figures were very low too in WW1..

 

[Strahan92]

Listening to a really good book at the moment called ‘First Light’ by Geoffrey Wellum. Think there was a BBC series based on it but I never saw it. He was a fighter pilot. Only half way through but highly recommend so far if anyone hasn’t read/listened to it.

Remarkable what the pilots of WW2 went through on both sides. Some horrific moments, incredible bravery and sacrifice.

 

[Mark_GT]

I think of my dad a lot but always on this day. He was a Sergeant pilot on Lancasters. Luckily for me I expect, he was too young to see much active service, but when you hear what Bomber Command went through to help keep us free it is absolutely gripping. We will remember them. Always.

 

[1966_and_all_that]

I think of my dad a lot but always on this day. He was a Sergeant pilot on Lancasters. Luckily for me I expect, he was too young to see much active service, but when you hear what Bomber Command went through to help keep us free it is absolutely gripping. We will remember them. Always.

The non-commissioned ranks who flew in both fighter and bomber command didn't get enough recognition.