Remembrance Day

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They wont be forgot.

How can anybody forget what they did for us.

The Supreme sacrifice.

 

will never forget

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we lost a lad from our estate in Afghanistan

 

Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day or Armistice Day) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth countries since the end of World War I to remember the members of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty. This day, or alternative dates, are also recognised as special days for war remembrances in many non-Commonwealth countries. Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November to recall the end of hostilities of World War I on that date in 1918. Hostilities formally ended "at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month," in accordance with the Armistice, signed by representatives of Germany and the Entente between 5:12 and 5:20 that morning. ("At the 11th hour" refers to the passing of the 11th hour, or 11:00 am) World War I officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on 28 June 1919.[1]

The day was specifically dedicated by King George V on 7 November 1919 as a day of remembrance for members of the armed forces who were killed during World War I. This was possibly done upon the suggestion of Edward George Honey to Wellesley Tudor Pole, who established two ceremonial periods of remembrance based on events in 1917.[2]

The Initial or Very First Armistice Day was held at Buckingham Palace commencing with King George V hosting a "Banquet in Honour of The President of the French Republic"[3] during the evening hours of November 10, 1919. The First Official Armistice Day was subsequently held on the Grounds of Buckingham Palace on the Morning of November 11, 1919. This would set the trend for a day of Remembrance for decades to come.

The red remembrance poppy has become a familiar emblem of Remembrance Day due to the poem "In Flanders Fields". These poppies bloomed across some of the worst battlefields of Flanders in World War I, their brilliant red colour an appropriate symbol for the blood spilled in the war.

 

....should never be forgotten.

Anyone who finds it funny/ clever to graffiti, deface, p*** against a war memorial in this country should be strung up.

 

We shall remember them

 

We shall never forget.

Probably means a bit more to me now that my Son is a Reservist and looking to be posted sometime in the next 12 months.

Gone but never forgotten.

 

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In Flanders Fields
Flanders Poppy on the First World War battlefields.

by John McCrae, May 1915

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

 

Hope everybody is going to give generously to the memory of those that fell.

 

I have done and will top up also.

The debt we owe them probably never will be repaid.

 

The debt to the ones that fell can never be repaid, but we can contribute to the ones that have followed on by making life easier for them by helping them recover from terrible injuries received in the services.

 

I wear my poppy with pride.
We should never forget

 

They heard the call, they answered yes,
They proudly wore the battle dress,
For us who live they gave their all
That our great flag would never fall.

Let us this day remember all
Who answered yes, who heard the call,
Who gallantly opposed the foe:
On them let us our praise bestow.

They bravely died that we might live,
unselfishly their lives did give
For King and Country and all men,
That we might live in peace again.

Let us with praise these men salute,
Let peace and love be our pursuit,
Let's daily lead a life humane
That they will not have died in vain.

I can't say it any better than repeating this poem.

 

A good way of putting it.

 

Always remember.

I once caught a lad pissing against a war memorial on a night out. Needless to say he got a kicking and he pissed all over his chav pants.

 

He deserved it.

 

Here we are on the 8th Nov and I still haven't seen anybody selling poppies yet.

They normally have them on shop counters apart from anything else but I haven't seen any there either.

It's a sad state of affairs.

They gave everything for their Country and now they're Country doesn't remember them or pay tribute to them on a very big day.

 

Apart from last week outside the ground haven't seen any poppy sellers in the street.

 

Shops used to have them on the counters, not seen any there either.

Very sad state of affairs.

 

Still not seen any poppy sellers, just bought one in the newsagents tonight.

Probably be a few at the Service Stations on the way to London tomorrow.