Today is Remembrance Sunday. At national memorials and small village crosses, we pay tribute to those who fought and those killed in war, including members of my family:
The five Danson brothers my grandfather and great uncles) who fought in World War One.
The five Danson brothers my grandfather and great uncles) who fought in World War One.
My great uncles George Danson, John Danson and Arthur Matthews killed in World War One.
My father John Weston in codes and cyphers, who landed on Omaha Beach with the American forces, marched through Normandy and experienced the Battle of the Bulge.
My uncle Harry Danson who was rescued by the small ships off Dunkirk and later served in Africa and Italy.
My uncle Billy Danson who served in the navy and my aunt Peggy Danson who was a barrage balloon operator.
Poulton-le-Fylde War Memorial, Lancashire, commemorating John and George Danson, my great uncles.
WE REMEMBER THEM
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The War Memorial in the small village of Minto, near Hawick in the Scottish Borders.
Hawick War Memorial in Wilton Lodge Park.
The War Memorial at Taynuilt, near Oban in the Western Highlands
The War Memorial at Oban on the west coast of Scotland, with the hills of the Isle of Mull in the background.
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Commando Memorial at Spean Bridge in the Scottish Highlands.
It overlooks the training areas of the Commando Training Depot
established in 1942 at Achnacarry Castle.
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From National Ceremonies :
The Cenotaph, Britain's national memorial - taken on a visit to London in 2008.
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Cenotaph in London began as a temporary structure erected for a peace
parade following the end of the First World War. But following an
outpouring of national sentiment it was replaced in 1920 by a permanent
structure and designated the United Kingdom's primary national war
memorial.
To Small Country Villages
Earlston War Memorial in the Scottish Borders, November 2017
The Fall of Poppies in Earlston Square - November 2019
LEST WE FORGET
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Copyright © 2019 · Susan Donaldson. All Rights Reserved
Copyright © 2019 · Susan Donaldson. All Rights Reserved
Thank you for sharing about your nobel family members who fought, and those especially who died fighting. And a special thanks for sharing so many war memorials all over places that I'll never get to visit. I hope there won't be any more need for another war memorial.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Barbara, for being the sole person to comment on my post. I think it si important to remember why our ancestors were fighting and the experiences they endured, and I appreciate yiur thoughts.
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