It’s Remembrance time again … it really doesn’t seem that long ago that I was writing about my father’s and grandfather’s medals. Of course, it has been a year in which we have been so reminded about the horrors of war and the sacrifices made by military personnel and civilians during war and conflict. The […]
Let me tell you a bit about my some of my family members, and their medals. My grandad was in the Army. In the First World war he served in a mounted regiment as a groom. Saw service all over the place … got some medals. In between the wars he served in the middle […]
Who are you remembering?
Last year at Remembrance I considered the question ‘who are you remembering?’ and the fact that not all of us know someone in the Military, but we do know others who have given their all in service of others, be that in the Emergency Services or as a member of the general public. I want […]
Red or white? There has been a lot of debate about the colour of poppies this year. Not sure where you stand on this issue, especially on this 100th anniversary of the end of WW1, but I would like to throw something else into the mix: red, white or …. a tomato? Now stay with […]
I am remembering Ian. Ian was a mate who I served with in the Royal Navy. Ian died on 25 May 1982 when HMS Coventry was bombed and sunk during the Falklands conflict. Ian was 21, Ian and I had been ‘run ashore oppos’ for a couple of years going to rock gigs in Portsmouth […]
A crowd of us gathered around the cenotaph outside St Thomas’ church in Chesterfield for remembrance Sunday. Minutes earlier we had been inside for a 45 minute service attended by the mayor and various other civic representatives such as the police.
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