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Why have we not done this before? Thank you.
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Up we go!
I started this thread back in 2009 and we have been doing it every year since, so this will be the 5th year
I started this thread back in 2009 and we have been doing it every year since, so this will be the 5th year
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My wife and I got married on the 11th November 2011 for that very reason to remember our grandfathers and the parts they played.
All the men at our ceremony wore special felt poppies we had made for them it was very special day.
my grandfather served on the russian conveys as a merchant seaman and i still have a few items of his.
My wifes grandfather served in Burma and spent 5 years after the end of the war locating the bodies of servicemen who had fallen in that arena and reburying them with fall military honours, it haunted him for the rest of his life.
We still have documents from that day of handwritten maps he used to locate those graves.
All the men at our ceremony wore special felt poppies we had made for them it was very special day.
my grandfather served on the russian conveys as a merchant seaman and i still have a few items of his.
My wifes grandfather served in Burma and spent 5 years after the end of the war locating the bodies of servicemen who had fallen in that arena and reburying them with fall military honours, it haunted him for the rest of his life.
We still have documents from that day of handwritten maps he used to locate those graves.
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I'd like to add several bumps
In 1914 the UK became involved in a series of European political turmoils culminating in the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand with the subsequent invasion of Belgium by Germany, so this country declared war on it
at first, things were lighthearted, the attitude was that it would all be over soon, on Christmas Day a truce was declared and opposing armies held a football match
by the same time next year, things were turning very ugly, christmas day or not
subsequent battles to recapture a few miles led to trench warfare and a total of some 17 million casualties. In later stages, constant shelling flattened everything, trees, buildings, just a sea of mud
at 11.00 on 11 November, the guns fell silent and peace declared
remember all those who paid the ultimate price, those who chose to fight, civilians and even animals...thousands of horses were shipped over the Channel. Some did not survive the crossing
The poppy was one of the first plants to grow on the devastated battlefields
next, Wilfred Owen and Benjamin Britten's War Requiem
In 1914 the UK became involved in a series of European political turmoils culminating in the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand with the subsequent invasion of Belgium by Germany, so this country declared war on it
at first, things were lighthearted, the attitude was that it would all be over soon, on Christmas Day a truce was declared and opposing armies held a football match
by the same time next year, things were turning very ugly, christmas day or not
subsequent battles to recapture a few miles led to trench warfare and a total of some 17 million casualties. In later stages, constant shelling flattened everything, trees, buildings, just a sea of mud
at 11.00 on 11 November, the guns fell silent and peace declared
remember all those who paid the ultimate price, those who chose to fight, civilians and even animals...thousands of horses were shipped over the Channel. Some did not survive the crossing
The poppy was one of the first plants to grow on the devastated battlefields
next, Wilfred Owen and Benjamin Britten's War Requiem
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The Christmas 1914 truces had no official status. They were ad hoc arrangements between some units on the Western Front, but fighting continued in other sectors. Fraternisation was forbidden by the various high commands after that, but short truces still occurred at times, usually by mutual consent to allow stretcher bearers to recover the dead and wounded.
The armistice was signed on 11 November 1918 (Armistice Day) and ended the fighting, but not the war. The Treaty of Versailles was only signed in June 1919.
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Didn't the fighting continue for a couple of weeks? Pre-radio, news took a while to travel that far.
I don't buy poppies these days. I put some money in the hole but don't feel the need to display a tacky bit of paper and plastic to show that I've done it.
I don't buy poppies these days. I put some money in the hole but don't feel the need to display a tacky bit of paper and plastic to show that I've done it.
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Radio comms were used quite extensively during WW1, and a lot of advances were made, but civilian radio development was put on ice. I agree that hostilities did continue for a short period in some remote areas. Nothing like the stories about Japanese soldiers hiding out in the jungles of Pacific islands for decades though!
I've also read about U boats surfacing to surrender, and the tension as an RN warship closed in, with both sides hoping the other knew that the shooting was over...
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good call on putting it in your sig brian - that way we can still tell who is who 
(btw i notice f*****g britain first are hijacking the meme again on facebook even though RBL have asked them not to, so a heads up to everyone to watch the provenance of what you are sharing)
(btw i notice f*****g britain first are hijacking the meme again on facebook even though RBL have asked them not to, so a heads up to everyone to watch the provenance of what you are sharing)
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Fairly pointless anyway, people will either wear one or they wont, the thread wont change that. No doubt that remark will get people on their high horse but its basically correct.
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I made a small bet with my self,
Thanks for not letting me down
True enough, but it may just remind people to add one to their avatar, should they wish too,
of course its not compulsory or obligatory though.
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What I'd like to see is a poppy themed TalkPhotography logo thing, like the one that people put entries in for to be used at Christmas displayed.
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Done it, I think.
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Must be in stealth mode then, nowt here visible.
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Funny that. It shows here.
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