Lest We Forget

Just simple images of remembrance in my Blog Post today, to remind us of all those men and women who died that we may be free. 

Let us remember all those brave servicemen and women, who made the ultimate sacrifice. I will be thinking of a Grandad that I never knew, my dad’s dad, who died on foreign soil, aged 27 years. My grandad was killed at the Battle of Ypres in Belgium. The Battle of Ypres was a series of engagements during the First World War, and during the five engagements, casualties surpassed one million. 

Every year, since 1923, there has been a British Legion Festival of Remembrance, held at The Royal Albert Hall in London, which remembers all those who have lost their lives in conflicts. 

Lest We Forget ....

We Will Remember Them ....

Just simple images of remembrance in my Blog Post today, to remind us of all those men and women who died that we may be free. 

This weekend, let us remember all those brave servicemen and women, who made the ultimate sacrifice. I will be thinking of a Grandad that I never knew, my dad’s dad, who died on foreign soil, aged 27 years. 

Every year, since 1923, there has been a British Legion Festival of Remembrance, held at The Royal Albert Hall in London, which remembers all those who have lost their lives in conflicts.  This year a unique tribute was given to acknowledge those involved, both past and present, culminating in a special parade of some of the last surviving veterans who fought and served in 1944.  Her Majesty the Queen and all members of the royal family attend this special event. 

 

We Will Remember Them

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the whole of the United Kingdom falls silent for two minutes each year to remember those who gave their lives in service to their Country. 

 

I took the above photo of the remembrance garden here in Ivybridge.  The poppy is used as a symbol of remembrance, as they were said to be the first flower to grow from the freshly dug graves of dead soldiers on Flanders Fields. 

"They shall not grow old, as we that 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."

(Poem by Laurence Binyon). 

 

Image courtesy of Google.

Here is a photo of my little grandson taken a couple of years ago on a Remembrance Day Parade, which will take place again on Sunday in every town and village throughout the United Kingdom