Remembrance Day

[mistyshade]

Hello all,

Tomorrow will be Remembrance Day here in the UK.
We will remember the Fallen from the First World War through to today.
100 years ago, 1915, WW1 had settled into the trench warfare that we know today.
We had already witnessed the first disaster that become known as Gallipoli. An invasion of Turkey from the Dardanelles Straights that went wrong from the first minute. 1000's of Anzac (Australia, New Zealand Army Corps) troops died followed by, at least, 72,000 British casualties. The First Sea Lord, Winston Churchill, oversaw the operation and regretted it for the rest of his life.

ESPECIALLY FOR DOC..........



Noel Chavasse VC, the only double VC winner in World War One, and one of three men to have done so throughout history. Part of the medical corps, he led rescue and recovery missions to rescue fallen comrades in the perilous no man’s land despite aggressive shell fire. He took a fatal shot to the head at Passchendaele.
Doc? Medics DO get recognised!

FOR THE FALLEN

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.


Phil.

 

[lasse1]

Hi Phil
Ty for your great post about our history here in Europe. I always take a great please, reading your posts. But what do the pin symbol? Is it a flower, and why is it in red and green.
Lars

 

[mistyshade]

Remembrance Day

Hello Lars,
Thanks for your post.
The symbol is the poppy flower.
By 1915, the trenches stretched from the English Channel to the Swiss border, crossing the Somme basin and a considerable amount of farmland.
If you can imagine the shellfire, mortars, grenades that exploded and broke up the ground to quite a depth. This threw up poppy seeds that had lain dormant for, what could be, centuries. They germinated and flowered, creating, each summer, this amazing beauty amongst all the carnage.
In 1919 the British Legion was created for veterans and by 1921 they had taken the Poppy as the official emblem.
These poppies are made by disabled ex-servicemen and women and sold every year to collect donations to help ex-servicemen and their families.

Follow the link below, click on 'uncover the story' link in the picture to get more information.

http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/

Phil.

 

[lasse1]

What an absolutely amazing story Phil. Ty for posting this, and for the great great Pictures of the parade. The Queen have never looked better.
Lars

 

[doc3738]

Rememberence Day

Rememberence Day

Thanks Phil
Here in the states we use to have several groups selling the Poppy in a paper form
For some reason it has stopped and never see them anymore
Thanks for the post

 

[kikki1]

Simon Cowel had one of these poppy's on, in X-factor UK,
kikki1

 

[mistyshade]

The Poppy

The Poppy

Hello Doc,

Send me your address, and I will make sure you get some for you and your family every year.

Phil.

Thanks Phil
Here in the states we use to have several groups selling the Poppy in a paper form
For some reason it has stopped and never see them anymore
Thanks for the post

 

[doc3738]

send them

send them

Phil
I appreciate that and will send it to you
Here is what the ones I remember looked like as a kid
:cheers: