100 years since

[Octopus]

WW1 started.....

I know from looking back at both sets of grand parents family trees that they were all affected by WW1, and some WW2

All those lost during these conflict and since must never be forgotten.

 

[tazz]

Ready for 2200hrs.....cadles will be lite

 

[bigdavs83]

Must admit to being slightly embarrassed about WW1. I know a lot of stuff about WW2 but next to nothing about the Great War. Lest we forget

 

[tazz]

To give you an example...more lives were lost in the battle of the som, than the whole of ww2

 

[Geordie Spark]

Ready for 2200hrs.....cadles will be lite

Damn!! .... I forgot to ask Tidyboiler to get some cadles when she went shopping. Good job we have some candles left from last Christmas. Just need to find something to lite them

 

[telectrix]

geordie, you have some left over from 1918 when you celebrated the end.

 

[telectrix]

To give you an example...more lives were lost in the battle of the som, than the whole of ww2

and the flu epidemic of 1918 claimed even more than that.

The Influenza Epidemic of 1918

 

[Geordie Spark]

geordie, you have some left over from 1918 when you celebrated the end.

I was having a bit of a clear-out a couple of weeks ago and found a photo of me Granddad aged about 17 in his WW1 army uniform.

He was one of the "lucky" ones - he got gassed early on, was shipped back home and made a good recovery and became a Pattern maker in a foundry.

Two of my Grandmother's three brothers were not so lucky. The third was a coal miner so wasn't called up.

As well as the photo of Granddad, I found the last letters that Granny's brothers wrote to her and the telegram to her Mother bringing the news of their deaths.

 

[shanky887614]

To give you an example...more lives were lost in the battle of the som, than the whole of ww2

it was a tragedy, the military were stuck in there ways and sent wave after wave charging ahead only to be cut down by machine guns.

then there was the awful trench warfare where they tried to tunnel underneath eaxh others trenches

 

[Geordie Spark]

it was a tragedy, the military were stuck in there ways and sent wave after wave charging ahead only to be cut down by machine guns.

then there was the awful trench warfare where they tried to tunnel underneath eaxh others trenches

and then there was the gas..... Evil - just pure evil.

 

[silverfox1]

My lights went out and candle was lit at 10 pm in remembrance of all those who gave their lives.
Thank you Murdoch for this thread.