Remembering …
Our Uncle Bert died in Belgian in a truck accident shortly before the end of the war. A Belgian family still maintains his grave.
Remembering my Father …
My Father fought in the second battle of Ypres, and sustained injures from a gas attack.
Remembering… My Father-in-Law
Carl, my father-in-law, was a flight Sargent stationed in Yorkshire, England.
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow in Flanders field.
Bel' Occhio 
Thank you for sharing my friend.
I am missing you.
Love your far away friend
Sharing is the icing on the cake. V.
Virginia, What a beautiful tribute. I love the photographs. They were all so handsome. Dashing, really. Yes, thanks for sharing such a moving post. T.
Theadora, even now, after all these years, all this brings tears to my eye. Virginia
Theadora, even now, after all these years, all this brings tears to my eye. Virginia
yes, the poppies grow in Flanders field……..and we do not sleep. you have written the most beautiful of tributes and tugged at the heartstrings of you Tinny. Lovey, Virginia…..just lovey.
When we were living in Amsterdam I saw those red poppies everywhere Tinny. They grew in ditches, in fields, anywhere they could find a bit of earth. I picked the dried poppy heads and brought them home with me. Sadly they never grew for me here. XXOO
Beautiful with such fine photos! The Greatest Generations! From my dad to yours: https://randomstoryteller.com/2014/05/26/let-freedom-fly/
Catherine you have written beautiful memories of your father. For a brief time I was tossing on that ship, watching a box containing battered sea birds slip back and forth in the horrific storm. You had a most outstanding and sensitive father. Cheers Virginia
What a fabulous tribute!
Lest we forget, yet, it’s as though many of the Millennials are completely detached.
Seeing photos of all the white crosses is very moving. I am glad there is a family maintaining Uncle Bert’s grave.
One of my grandfathers died in WWII. My father was a very young child. I never met my grandfather.
Well, many people are remembered. Yet, somehow, mankind still needs to war.
Much love to you,Virginia xoxo
There are very few of us who have not lost a family member in these terrible wars. We don’t forget them. XX Virginia