A day to remember, a day to be proud.

[letsavit]

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[spaniel]

I been watching on TV and my eyes sprung a leak now and then 
Especially liked the elderly gentleman, with a chest full of medals who leapt from his wheelchair to shake the hand of Prince Charles 
We all owe so much 

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May 10, 2015 12:48:24 GMT kreed said:

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[igual]

Unfortunately we no longer have my grandfathers medals as they were stolen from His emi nursing home just before he passed something I'm still seething about to this day.
My other grandfather was a train driver ( essential job) however he did get a
Piece of brass on his chest called the George medal I think and was for bravery after his train he was driving from London to Dover got bombed, he pulled 30 soldiers from the wreckage.

I used to love listening to the stories from my grandparents.

One night during September 1943 a German bomber on its way back from I assume London dropped its remaining bombs on a little village called herstmonceux.
My nan was a land girl working on the family farm.
They had heard the ack ack guns and seen the flashes etc so headed to their air raid shelter, was about 2am when the earth literally shook and part of the shelter roof collapsed.
Thankfully they were all unharmed.
About 5 am in the morning they extited the shelter to assess the damage.
They had a fairly big dairy and combined pig farm.
They immediately went to check on the cows as a bomb had come down between the barn,house and first bit of the fields.
After a headcount they realised they were missing a couple of heffers.
Unfortunately they found what was left of one scattered round the crater.
After they had finnaly calmed the remaining heard down they wandered round to the front of the house to get food and wash up.
The site that greeted them was something my nan would chuckle about whenever she told this story.
Remember the missing cow well it was on the roof legs splayed pretty much either side of the roof top and half in a hole it had made.
Totally uninjured but very confused as to why it was nesting on a roof.
By this stage she was normally laughing uncontrollably.
Took them a good few hours and lots of local help to get said cow down safely.

[Clivia]

and there are many Austrians and Germans who were very grateful and happy about this ending !

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an era when men were men.. and boys were men on that front line

up most respect to them all the ones we have lost and the ones that are still
with us

to the familys that lost loved ones

in one day my family lost 14 in one house during clydebank blitz
am sure they are all smilling down glad we kicked hitlers butt
 70 years on

ROCKS, ANN, age 1.
78 Jellicoe Street, Dalmuir. Daughter of Patrick Rocks (Jnr.) and Elizabeth Rocks. 13 March 1941, at 78 Jellicoe Street.

ROCKS, ANNIE, age 54.
78 Jellicoe Street, Dalmuir. Daughter of Mary Boyle; wife of Patrick Rocks (Senr.), 13 March 1941, at 78 Jellicoe Street.

ROCKS, ELIZABETH, age 28.
78 Jellicoe Street, Dalmuir. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carruth, of John Knox Street; wife of Patrick Rocks (Junr.),
13 March 1941, at 78 Jellicoe Street.

ROCKS, FRANCIS, age 21, of 78 Jellicoe Street, Dalmuir. Son of Patrick Rocks (Senr.), and of Annie Rocks.
13 March 1941, at 78 Jellicoe Street.

ROCKS, JAMES, age 32
78 Jellicoe Street, Dalmuir. Son of Patrick Rocks (Senr.) and of Annie Rocks. 13 March 1941, at 78 Jellicoe Street.

ROCKS, JAMES, age 4;
78 Jellicoe Street, Dalmuir. Son of Patrick Rocks (Junr.), and of Elizabeth Rocks. 13 March 1941, at 78 Jellicoe Street.

ROCKS, JOHN. age 19
78 Jellicoe Street, Dalmuir. Son of Patrick Rocks (Senr.), and of Annie Rocks. 13 March 1941, at 78 Jellicoe Street.

ROCKS, JOSEPH, age 17.
78 Jellicoe Street, Dalmuir. Son of Patrick Rocks (Senr.), and of Annie Rocks. 13 March 1941, at 78 Jellicce Street.

ROCKS, MARGARET, age 2.
78 Jellicoe Street, Dalmuir. Daughter of Patrick Rocks (Junr.) and of Elizabeth Rocks. 13 March 1941, at 78 Jellicoe Street.

ROCKS, PATRICK, age 28.
Royal Humane Society Testimonial for Life Saving; of 78 Jellicoe Street, Dalmuir. Son of Patrick Rocks, and of Annie Rocks; husband of Elizabeth Rocks. 13 March 1941, at 78 Jellicoe Street.

ROCKS, PATRICK, age 6.
78 Jellicoe Street, Dalmuir. Son of Patrick Rocks (Junr.) and Elizabeth Rocks. 13 March 1941, at 78 Jellicoe Street.

ROCKS, THERESA, age 25
78 Jellicoe Street, Dalmuir. Daughter of Patrick Rocks (Senr.) and of Annie Rocks. 13 March 1941, at 'Jellicoe Street.

ROCKS, THOMAS, age 13.
78 Jellicoe Street, Dalmuir. Son of Patrick Rocks (Senr.), and of Annie Rocks. 13 March 1941, at 78 Jellicoe Street.

ROCKS, THOMAS, age 5 months.
78 Jellicoe Street, Dalmuir. Son Patrick Rocks (Junr.), and Elizabeth Rocks. 13 March 1941, at 78 Jellicoe Street.

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@zuza and may they all R.I.P

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May 10, 2015 16:19:58 GMT @tedster said:

@zuza and may they all R.I.P

thanks buddy

[gill2009]

                                                                  




 The bombing & sinking of HMS Hood took the lives of 7 lads in our terrace...my mum knew them all well 

[letsavit]

Yes may they all RIP @zuza and gill2009

My mum displays my granddads medals in one of her cabinets.

[spaniel]

Without doubt  the greatest generation