In Remembrance of Frank Holland killed on HMS HOOD. Uncle Frank Mee ANZAC, the Desert war. Uncle Ron Tighe North Africa Italy to Austria. My Comrades who died on duty over the years.
I was lucky too KEF. My grandpa came through the 1st World War and my uncle was in the RAF in the 2nd one and came home unscathed. My Canadian uncle in the Air Force likewise. Dad was deaf so contributed in a different way by playing for the troops in various places with various big bands. I have a lot to be grateful for.
Love to everyone who has sadder memories today xxx
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
My grandad worked away at aircraft base as a skilled blacksmith and his wife worked in munitions factory and had 5 kids to look after. We owe a lot to a lot of people. Also like Fairy my love to those that have felt deep sorrow today. x
Thinking of my maternal grandfather and my Gt Uncle Billy, best pals who married sisters and who both had their lives shortened by their experiences on the Somme and at Ypres.
Also thinking of Pa's younger brother, my Uncle Richard - shot down over Germany and buried in Kiel Cemetery - I never met him but think of him often.
And thinking of Pa's fellow airmen, some of whom never landed back at home, and Ma's schoolfriends who lost their lives on the North Atlantic convoys.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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RIP dear Dad and all your valiant comrades.
Remenbering my dear Dad and Father in law.
Think of you both often. But especially today.
Love and miss you. x
In Remembrance of Frank Holland killed on HMS HOOD. Uncle Frank Mee ANZAC, the Desert war. Uncle Ron Tighe North Africa Italy to Austria. My Comrades who died on duty over the years.
Always remembered.
...and cousin Alfred (Walters) who was killed while liberating France.
RIP dear cousin, sorry I was too young to remember you.
Alfred Hawsley Till (great grandfather) - Middlesex Regiment
Alfred G Till (great uncle) - Red Berets
Arthur Edwin Till (great uncle) - 8th Army
Thomas Henry Eales (uncle) - Merchant Navy
David Dunton - Hussars
William John Dunton (my dad) - RAF Bomber Command
Kenwin Dunton (cousin) - Royal Navy
Dean Troth (cousin) - Royal Marines
Survived their engagements. Without them I wouldn't be here.
I didn't have any lost family but so want to bump this thread up so that those who did can see it and post. x
I was lucky too KEF. My grandpa came through the 1st World War and my uncle was in the RAF in the 2nd one and came home unscathed. My Canadian uncle in the Air Force likewise. Dad was deaf so contributed in a different way by playing for the troops in various places with various big bands. I have a lot to be grateful for.
Love to everyone who has sadder memories today xxx
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
My grandad worked away at aircraft base as a skilled blacksmith and his wife worked in munitions factory and had 5 kids to look after. We owe a lot to a lot of people. Also like Fairy my love to those that have felt deep sorrow today. x
I married an evacuee from London.
Thinking of my maternal grandfather and my Gt Uncle Billy, best pals who married sisters and who both had their lives shortened by their experiences on the Somme and at Ypres.
Also thinking of Pa's younger brother, my Uncle Richard - shot down over Germany and buried in Kiel Cemetery - I never met him but think of him often.
And thinking of Pa's fellow airmen, some of whom never landed back at home, and Ma's schoolfriends who lost their lives on the North Atlantic convoys.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.