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At the Cenotaph 11 O ‘clock
My friends father this morning, he appears to be slightly over dressed for lockdown and expecting rain.
He is too young to have served in WW2 but retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in REME.
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He looks like a proper English gentleman.My friends father this morning, he appears to be slightly over dressed for lockdown and expecting rain.
He is too young to have served in WW2 but retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in REME.
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Sorry for your loss.It's the end of an era for our family as the last member of the generation who fought the war passed away last night. So it's kind of poignant but also fitting, we'll spend the day thinking of her, and of all of my grandparents' generation who fought and died in the war. She made it to 98 years old and passed peacefully in her sleep, there were many others who weren't so fortunate.
Thank you, but don't be. She was 98 years old and died peacefully in her sleep with one of my cousins there. The evening before we had a family Zoom session so we all got to say a few words to her and she could see her great-grandchildren. It was as long a life and as good a death as any of us could possibly hope for.Sorry for your loss.
Thank you, but don't be. She was 98 years old and died peacefully in her sleep with one of my cousins there. The evening before we had a family Zoom session so we all got to say a few words to her and she could see her great-grandchildren. It was as long a life and as good a death as any of us could possibly hope for.
I think today is not a little Englander day, but more of a celebration of the end of the fighting and the loss of life on all sides. Many countries are doing similar things today.I have mixed emotions on this, whilst I feel "Lest we Forget" is valuable & I think our children should be taught more about the last century history than about the Egyptians, Tudor Kings & Queens (fascinating as they are) did we really ought to be celebrating a 'Victory' day I feel it's a little Englander syndrome, what are we really celebrating?
I largely agree, but in these celebrations there is always an element of "Lets do it again" from some people.I think today is not a little Englander day, but more of a celebration of the end of the fighting and the loss of life on all sides. Many countries are doing similar things today.