In reply to Post #15
I saw a very disturbing photo today of a protester urinating up against Churchill's statue, god only knows what is in these people's minds??!!! I feel sorry and have pity for some of our young people, they have no sense of history and seem to be obsessed with expectation and mental health, even ones from decent backgrounds seem to be unhappy with their lot, I lived through a relatively golden age of innocence in my youth were we sought pleasure from simple things, it was a happy time and I don't remember young people being as angry as they seem to be today, I never lived through the terror of a world war and can only imagine those dark times for many but I appreciate and will be forever thankful for the sacrifice those previous generations made
I have also visited many war cemetery's and memorials in France and Belgium from both wars, like you say Ken, tiny small cemetery's with no more than a few dozen graves to the huge ones like Colleville, Thiepval and Tyne Cot, I find them incredibly moving and always take the time to stand by one or two graves for a while and wonder about the person who's name is on the grave, I have a particular interest in some of the Commonwealth cemetery's like the Kiwi's and Aussie's having lived in both country's for a while, there are some very small cemetery's dedicated to them and a particular regiment and they are particularly moving, sometimes tucked away behind a building in a small town somewhere, what strikes me each time ive been is the sheer amount of cemetery's there actually are. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission do an incredible job and the upkeep of all cemetery's ive visited is outstanding
I just wish that some of the people out there protesting and demonstrating today would show more respect and appreciate what a sacrifice the previous generations made so that they could live freely to do what they are doing now, maybe some do but I hate to say that many don't!
I saw a very disturbing photo today of a protester urinating up against Churchill's statue, god only knows what is in these people's minds??!!! I feel sorry and have pity for some of our young people, they have no sense of history and seem to be obsessed with expectation and mental health, even ones from decent backgrounds seem to be unhappy with their lot, I lived through a relatively golden age of innocence in my youth were we sought pleasure from simple things, it was a happy time and I don't remember young people being as angry as they seem to be today, I never lived through the terror of a world war and can only imagine those dark times for many but I appreciate and will be forever thankful for the sacrifice those previous generations made
I have also visited many war cemetery's and memorials in France and Belgium from both wars, like you say Ken, tiny small cemetery's with no more than a few dozen graves to the huge ones like Colleville, Thiepval and Tyne Cot, I find them incredibly moving and always take the time to stand by one or two graves for a while and wonder about the person who's name is on the grave, I have a particular interest in some of the Commonwealth cemetery's like the Kiwi's and Aussie's having lived in both country's for a while, there are some very small cemetery's dedicated to them and a particular regiment and they are particularly moving, sometimes tucked away behind a building in a small town somewhere, what strikes me each time ive been is the sheer amount of cemetery's there actually are. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission do an incredible job and the upkeep of all cemetery's ive visited is outstanding
I just wish that some of the people out there protesting and demonstrating today would show more respect and appreciate what a sacrifice the previous generations made so that they could live freely to do what they are doing now, maybe some do but I hate to say that many don't!
I wholeheartedly agree Ken 
In reply to Post #15
15 & 16, two great posts there lads
I think sometimes during life's challenges we forget what REALLY matters
I think sometimes during life's challenges we forget what REALLY matters
In reply to Post #18
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Having visited the P.O.W cemetries on the River Kwai in Thailand, it's got to be said I was impressed and felt very humbled that even all the way over there, thousands of miles away from Blighty, the allied war cemeteries were kept nothing short of immaculate.
Very emotional stuff. What I was quite surprised at was the amount of Dutch soldiers' war graves present too. Nearly half the graves seem to be Dutch P.O.W's. God rest their souls.
Very emotional stuff. What I was quite surprised at was the amount of Dutch soldiers' war graves present too. Nearly half the graves seem to be Dutch P.O.W's. God rest their souls.