Come the 11th of November, all Footballers

Come the 11th of November, all Footballers should kneel and wear a poppy to the millions killed in the two world wars before.

Definitely Annis

No doudt if it wasn't for our brave troops. The, Red army and the yanks who came in to the war at half time our lives if we had one would be different.
The Spanish and Irish facists sided with the nazis.
On a personnel note my Grandfather was in the The British army frist Expeditionary Force sent to the Western Front during the First World War. He ws shot and had his leg amputated.
He died a young man. I never got to met him.
My father was a GWR engine driver in world war 2.
Braving the nazi bombers to transport troops and supplies to the coast. Also transporting coal steel etc.
What did your daddy do in the war?
We will remember them

What did your daddy do in the war?

Served in Africa as a car mechanic.

Also served in Aden during that war in 1967.

Not if they don't want to.

Not if they don't want to.

indeed there will be the oddball alliance anti everything.. even remembering the dead...

What did your daddy do in the war?

Served in Africa as a car mechanic.

Also served in Aden during that war in 1967.

Great stuff. Makes you feel proud

No doudt if it wasn't for our brave troops. The, Red army and the yanks who came in to the war at half time our lives if we had one would be different.
The Spanish and Irish facists sided with the nazis.
On a personnel note my Grandfather was in the The British army frist Expeditionary Force sent to the Western Front during the First World War. He ws shot and had his leg amputated.
He died a young man. I never got to met him.
My father was a GWR engine driver in world war 2.
Braving the nazi bombers to transport troops and supplies to the coast. Also transporting coal steel etc.
What did your daddy do in the war?
We will remember them

i was fortunate to have all my grandparents until my early 30s.. my mothers dad had a building collapse on him while under fire in France..spent months and months rebuilding his face from photographs sent to the hospital in Leeds.. only to be attached to a Canadian unit and sent back over where he won the croix de guerre.. never spoke about the war i only know this much through my grandmother. my fathers dad who lived to 94 joined the navy as a boy via the merch in WW1 spoke quite a bit.. the story that sticks out was he was on a ship called the Laurentic carrying gold bullion to the states that got sunk off Ireland.. apparently no one died in the explosions or went down with the ship..but over 300 young men out of the 400 odd aboard froze to death either in the water or in the lifeboats... he always said how lucky he was and how awful a mass funeral in Liverpool was. ..

No doudt if it wasn't for our brave troops. The, Red army and the yanks who came in to the war at half time our lives if we had one would be different.
The Spanish and Irish facists sided with the nazis.
On a personnel note my Grandfather was in the The British army frist Expeditionary Force sent to the Western Front during the First World War. He ws shot and had his leg amputated.
He died a young man. I never got to met him.
My father was a GWR engine driver in world war 2.
Braving the nazi bombers to transport troops and supplies to the coast. Also transporting coal steel etc.
What did your daddy do in the war?
We will remember them

i was fortunate to have all my grandparents until my early 30s.. my mothers dad had a building collapse on him while under fire in France..spent months and months rebuilding his face from photographs sent to the hospital in Leeds.. only to be attached to a Canadian unit and sent back over where he won the croix de guerre.. never spoke about the war i only know this much through my grandmother. my fathers dad who lived to 94 joined the navy as a boy via the merch in WW1 spoke quite a bit.. the story that sticks out was he was on a ship called the Laurentic carrying gold bullion to the states that got sunk off Ireland.. apparently no one died in the explosions or went down with the ship..but over 300 young men out of the 400 odd aboard froze to death either in the water or in the lifeboats... he always said how lucky he was and how awful a mass funeral in Liverpool was. ..

Such brave people and great family hertiage.So sad as well about the 300 men dying at a young age.
On a lighter note my other grandfather having been born in 1900 was called up to the navy in 1918.He always said once the germans heard he'd been called up they threw the towel in.

No doudt if it wasn't for our brave troops. The, Red army and the yanks who came in to the war at half time our lives if we had one would be different.
The Spanish and Irish facists sided with the nazis.
On a personnel note my Grandfather was in the The British army frist Expeditionary Force sent to the Western Front during the First World War. He ws shot and had his leg amputated.
He died a young man. I never got to met him.
My father was a GWR engine driver in world war 2.
Braving the nazi bombers to transport troops and supplies to the coast. Also transporting coal steel etc.
What did your daddy do in the war?
We will remember them

i was fortunate to have all my grandparents until my early 30s.. my mothers dad had a building collapse on him while under fire in France..spent months and months rebuilding his face from photographs sent to the hospital in Leeds.. only to be attached to a Canadian unit and sent back over where he won the croix de guerre.. never spoke about the war i only know this much through my grandmother. my fathers dad who lived to 94 joined the navy as a boy via the merch in WW1 spoke quite a bit.. the story that sticks out was he was on a ship called the Laurentic carrying gold bullion to the states that got sunk off Ireland.. apparently no one died in the explosions or went down with the ship..but over 300 young men out of the 400 odd aboard froze to death either in the water or in the lifeboats... he always said how lucky he was and how awful a mass funeral in Liverpool was. ..

Such brave people and great family hertiage.So sad as well about the 300 men dying at a young age.
On a lighter note my other grandfather having been born in 1900 was called up to the navy in 1918.He always said once the germans heard he'd been called up they threw the towel in.

terrible mate and they had to put it behind them and carry on with the war..

Me Grandad was a RN ships stoker in WW1, me other was reserved occ(Docks Engineer) WW2..me old man was in the Korean War for 18months..pulled an airman from a burning plane, but the guy later died. Never said much about it tho..

My father landed at salerno italy world war 2 running up a beach into a hail of bullets from a landing craft
He then went onto the battle of "monti cassino" he trod on a land mine blew him 12 ft into the air
according to his best friend who was fighting along side him and revealed all the info at my fathers wake
He then spent 2 weeks in a field hospital and 6 months in queens hospital Birmingham
he still had shrapnel shell in his back which was to close to his spine so they never operated but lost a big chunk of his thigh
Over a period of years he went onto build strength in his legs and became a tennis ace wining cups trophies and his old friend told me he used to bandage my dads legs and they would think nothing of riding 30 miles plus on a push bike to build strengths in his legs
He endured a lot lost 3 children under 5 years of age in a short space of time
had cancer later in life and Parkinson's disease and passed away at 89 years old
he never marched on rememberance day he said he had marched enough
He also never wore his medals which he recieved fighting for his country

On the day of his funeral i was very proud to have worn his medals.
So hats of to all the old soldiers.