Lest we forget

[Macca]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9f/Westminsterabbeypoppies.jpg


They shall not grow old as we who 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 will remember them.

[Tangman]

We will remember them how can we forget them. God save there souls. Twiggy

[marinemike]

They died yesterday and today,so we can live tomorrow,you will always be remembered.:rip:

[stevieh]

we should never forget

[caffers0]

As a history teacher I am often frightened by how kids have little or no empathy for the dead of the Great War - that is why every year we take them to Ypres to visit the graves there. Most leave in tears, and each year when I hear the last post played at the Menin Gate I find it as equally moving as the year before. But we should just not remember our own dead, but the dead of both sides - the German graveyards are very grey and sombre, the Belgians and French understandably, would not give them land, so what you see are mass graves of 20,000 or 30,000 men at a time - most 15,16 year old boys robbed of their futures. Langmarck outside Newfoundland Park is well worth a visit as is the pool of peace, and the Ulster Tower.
One of the many things that we stress here in Northern Ireland, is that the dead involved not only hundreds of thousands of Ulstermen but hundreds of thousands of Irishmen too, both Catholic and Protestant, loyalist and nationalist - many of the cross community workshops that we hold to emphasis this are hopefully contributing to the ongoing peace process here- and it is very moving to think that the sacrifice of all those millions eighty odd years ago is still helping to build peace here today.

[Macca]

Yep my next trip to NI I plan to visit the ulster tower.

I have family that fought at the somme, with the 36th brigade.

http://www.webmatters.net/graphics/photos/thiepval/ulster_tower-01.jpg

[RCB]

Son's birthday on 11/11 here so am reminded each year, with no chance of forgetting

[michael.]

yep god bless them all, and especially the heros of ours in action today in the middle east areas, be safe lads, be safe

[grumpy_banghai]

WW1 could have been prevented if the spineless British Government had not let the Germans March into Frances Sudetenland as they were taking the pi$$ to see if anyone would say anything. Nev Chamberlain is to blame !

[michael.]

ww1, or ww2 ?

[grumpy_banghai]

Or crap that was WW2. :o

[gouldy]

Hi
As a serving soldier myself it is with great pride that i must thank all of you for your comments and i know that it is not just about the war all those years ago we are also remembering the live lost in Northern Ireland and the most rescent wars in Iraq and Afganistan i have lost personal friends in all three places and i will remember them. They died for our freedom and are still dieing to this day.
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
GOULDY

[p&d]

here here and god bless them all .................p&d

[d&p]

They shall not grow old as we who 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 will remember them.
god bless all those who have been lost on all sides of the world ,sons,brothers,fathers uncles ,aunts,sisters and friends

[fishface]

my grandad fought in both world wars the first he was only fourteen years old he was a runner he survived them both but lost lots of friends he is dead now but l will not forget him or all the others that gave the ultimate sacrifice alan

[Macca]

how low can they go

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2009/11/09/we-muted-sound-of-celtic-fans-chanting-during-minute-s-silence-admit-sky-86908-21808124/

Shame of Scotland!, Great Britain.

[Sandiacrepiper]

We Will Remember them :rip: