Lest We Forget.

andyglym

andyglym

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Christopher McDonnell No 10253 Born 25/12/1895
Joined 2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers Aged 15!!!!
Became Member of 1st Battalion South Wales Borderers prior to the outbreak of WW1
Sent to France on 13th August 1914
Awarded The Star Medal
British War Medal
Victory Medal
Fought and survived
Battle of Mons
Battle of Marne
Battle of Aisne
First Battle of Ypres 😥😥
Battle of Ambers
Battle of The Somme😥😥
Third Battle of Ypres
Second Battle of Passchendale😥😥

Far left, my Old Man (RIP) far right front row.
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It really annoys me that as a country those that fought in the wars are being forgotten. The amount of people that ignore the Armistice Day silence is disgraceful. 2 minutes isn't too much to ask!

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Two Minutes Silence

Two minutes silence, too much to ask?
For those brave men who gave their last
That gave their futures for our past
Lest we forget.

In Flanders fields where poppies grow
That hide such horrors we’ll never know
Were battle grounds for friend and foe
Lest we forget.

The fathers, brothers, uncles, sons
They went and fought for everyone
Shouldn't all remember what they’ve done?
Lest we forget

For those brave souls that did not come back
That met their end in fields, on muddy tracks
To honour them should be our pact
Lest we forget

So, remember those who gave their last
That gave their futures for our past
Two minutes silence is not too much to ask
Lest we forget.
 
Not only that but many “woke” people would prefer to forget those heroes altogether and look upon them as criminals. That is shameful and it saddens me that all of those brave young men who gave their lives gave them so people have the right to free speech to use it to belittle them who died for their “rights”

Tony.
 
A great grand uncle of mine lies in an unmarked grave in France having been killed in WWI. He was just 19 years old. All the males in my family served. It both saddens and angers me that some people want to wipe our and our ancestors histories out without understanding that because of their bravery and sacrifices, we live as we do.
 
The old maxim: "I might disagree with every thing you say, but would die for your right to say it" seems to be getting lost in this PC world.
Must be getting old...........! :(
 
My old man was 18 when WW2 started. He joined the RAF and ended up as a navigator/radar operator on Mosquitos. He climbed into an aeroplane made from plywood every night and headed off on missions over Germany. He ended up getting shot down and spent the last months of the war in a German POW camp with a smashed leg. In the great history of the war it's not the most heroic of stories, but he did his bit.
The world is very different now, but I do sometimes ask myself that if it came to it, how many of today's youngsters would be as prepared to do their bit as their grandparents and great grandparents.....
 
Robert Wiles said:
My old man was 18 when WW2 started. He joined the RAF and ended up as a navigator/radar operator on Mosquitos. He climbed into an aeroplane made from plywood every night and headed off on missions over Germany. He ended up getting shot down and spent the last months of the war in a German POW camp with a smashed leg. In the great history of the war it's not the most heroic of stories, but he did his bit.
The world is very different now, but I do sometimes ask myself that if it came to it, how many of today's youngsters would be as prepared to do their bit as their grandparents and great grandparents.....
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I'd say he did more than his bit mate :scorecard:
 
Robert Wiles said:
My old man was 18 when WW2 started. He joined the RAF and ended up as a navigator/radar operator on Mosquitos. He climbed into an aeroplane made from plywood every night and headed off on missions over Germany. He ended up getting shot down and spent the last months of the war in a German POW camp with a smashed leg. In the great history of the war it's not the most heroic of stories, but he did his bit.
The world is very different now, but I do sometimes ask myself that if it came to it, how many of today's youngsters would be as prepared to do their bit as their grandparents and great grandparents.....
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I imagine the most a lot of young people would want to do is sit in a bunker like at Waddington flying a drone over the battle site, you know, much like most of them do anyway in their bedrooms in their "Media" world.

Tony.
 
Ianmc said:
The old maxim: "I might disagree with every thing you say, but would die for your right to say it" seems to be getting lost in this PC world.
Must be getting old...........! :(
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Totally agree. All these people that feel they need to protest about this protest about that, want their say, want to be transgender or identify as a tractor, sit in the middle of the road, be homosexual, bisexual, a-sexual etc etc, forget why today they have the free will and the right to do all these things and more and how they got their freedom and rights.
 
When you consider that a 21 year old was pilot of a Lancaster and any of the other aircraft the RAF had one wonders how the youngsters today would manage the same. As said earlier modern day they are experts at Drone flying from a Bunker, just think how many would have survived the Second World War if that had been the technology then.
 
Too true, then look at Douglas Barder, he couldn't wait to get back in the sky after losing his leg(s). Most young people today would be thinking how can I sue under "Health & safety" and not have to go back, and get loads of money.

Tony.
 
Sad day
Always make me cry
I’m crying just thinking about all the families and what they went through
 
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