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yesterday OH and I went to a service in our local cemetery It was organised by the Royal  British Legion. There are about fifty war graves in this cemetery and each year on the sunday before remembrance sunday a small service is held to honour their memory, very moving  The last post was played and the legion standard was lowered. We then placed poppy crosses on all the graves. There are several german and polish graves and all were remembered.Not far from our town is RAF Debden which was a fighter base during ww2. Now it houses the army.

Thank you Betty
Lest We Forget !



lovely photo

Hi Betty, Thank you for the photo:Excellent Reminder of the occassion.-- Have watched on the TV History channel, 'The Last Tommy'-- First world war veterans, aged to 106 years, and their memories. The 11th.hour of the 11th.day, of the 11th. month, is almost here, yet again, to enable us all, to show our respect. We shall be there:

The photo is really nice and let's you forget how cruel war is. However, if you visit one of those big cemeteries on the Continent (Italy, France etc.) you get very sad and you realise how silly it was to have these wars and how happy we can be that we have had no war for more than 60 years in Europe.

Hello Teri,  Yes!! I agree. -- Never could understand all that Death and Destruction!! -- If only there was Peace, all over The World!!

Teri, we shall be back in france next year to visit the cemeteries. We go on tours run by leger coaches an excellent company. We have the services of a battlefield guide whoe knowledge is awesome. We will be there in july 2008. The tour is called " Last 100 days of the War " It will be a bit special to me as my grand dad was killed on 27th sept. 1918. He was one of the missing with no known grave and is remembered on a memorial in Vis en Artois, which we will visit on this tour.

In France there are a lot of cemeteries. Some years ago I was in the Normandy at the day of the celebration of D-Day - it was a bit difficult to be there as a German. Last year I visited the "Hartmannsweilerkopf" in Alsace - I think it's one of the biggest cemeteries in France. Needless to say that I was really frustrated.

Teri, There really is no need to become, 'frustrated' or confused. Wars do happen!! Nothing can be 'done' now, it is --Long Over!! --- I still prefer to read Factual Books, about The last two world Wars. There is now Peace, in as much as we can expect!!-- The last time I was in Germany in 1987, I still re-call, watching from the top of The Wall, where a village was split in the middle: -- One regret in the 1960s was that I was due to go to Dresden, for an optical grinding course, all was 'Booked' Then 'Check Point Charlie' was Closed. So I missed out!!
But that is in the past: -- Be At Peace with Yourself!!