Ypres - 2012

We Will Remember Them

Indeed.

Really makes you think of how well off we actual are

The service at the Cenotaph made me cry when they read a letter that a soldier had written to his parents that they were to read only in the event of his death. Such a brave young man as indeed they all are...such a moving letter.
May they rest in peace.

Saw this for the first time today. Living on and working with boats, I found it rather poignant.

In ocean wastes no poppies blow, no crosses stand in ordered row, there young hearts sleep... beneath the wave...the spirited, the good, the brave, But stars a constant vigil keep, For them who lie beneath the deep. 'Tis true you cannot kneel in prayer On certain spot and think. "He's there." But you can to the ocean go... See whitecaps marching row on row; Know one for him will always ride... In and out... with every tide. And when your span of life is passed, He'll meet you at the "Captain's Mast." And they who mourn on distant shore For sailors who'll come home no more, Can dry their tears and pray for these Who rest beneath the heaving seas... For stars that shine and winds that blow And whitecaps marching row on row. And they can never lonely be For when they lived... they chose the sea.

We will remember.

Trip planned for 2013 to visit and place a poppy cross at each of my grand mothers twin cousins graves, and then maybe catch up with the class of 2013 in Bastogne. Be warned, 1 un marked Defender 90 will find the class of 2013

Richard - Will be good to meet up somewhere along the route. No doubt you'll be tracking the 45 entrants so you'll be able to find us - perhaps we could use you to round up any lost sheep

evo4x4 wrote:

Richard - Will be good to meet up somewhere along the route. No doubt you'll be tracking the 45 entrants so you'll be able to find us - perhaps we could use you to round up any lost sheep

Do you often loose your sheep Keith????? must be those black things called tulip maps that her indoors keeps asking for in different colours. Easier on her eyes apparently