Wear Your Poppy With Pride. - Page 8

Gage · 05-10-2008, 06:23 PM

I always get a poppy wallpaper for my Mobile phone every year (it hates to feel left out).

DuncaninFrance · 05-10-2008, 08:53 PM

As I now live in France, I can't just 'Pick up a Poppy' like I used to do when I lived in the UK. My mother (who lives here too) sends a contribution to the RBL every year and we attend the service at the local village war memorial.
Here is a description that I wrote in 2005.

……We Will Remember Them

It is November 11^th 2005, Armistice Day in France a public holiday. The sky is a clear, azure blue and the sun shines on the group of villagers that have left the church after mass and are now gathered around the War Memorial in the centre of the village.

A wreath of flowers is laid by Monsieur Poirier, President of the Old Comrades Association – Les Anciens Combattants, as their standard is lowered in salute.
This is followed by the wreath from the Maire, Monsieur Riveau on behalf of the municipalité.

Then the roll of honour is read by Monsieur Poirier as people reflect, heads bowed.

At the end of the roll call, the group, lead by the Standard, the President and the Maire enter the cemetery behind the church which is filled with the colour and scent of hundreds of chrysanthemums placed there at the beginning of November on All Saints Day. With due ceremony and reverence, a single fresh rose is placed on the tomb of every serviceman who served his country in the World Wars and who now rest in peace here, in St Androny, having returned to the village after the conflicts, to continue their lives among the vines.

The Standard is lowered in salute at each grave and people bow their heads in prayer, children looking on, not sure if they should talk or not.

The last rose is laid carefully on a tomb and the official duties are at an end. The Standard is furled and cased, people stand and talk in the bright sunlight.

The Marie now leads everyone to the Salle de Fête for a Vin d’Honneur where the conversation ebbs and flows, the glasses are raised and snacks are nibbled.

We make our farewells to the Maire and thank him for his hospitality and returning to the car we pass the Memorial with its tricolours and wreaths. I take my poppy and place it with the wreaths, it looks at home with them and where better than to be with comrades. Different times, different armies but a common thought………..We Will Remember Them.

In France they use the Cornflower in the same way the we use the poppy in Britain.

Finally, here is a photograph taken by colleges of mine from The War Graves Photographic Project who were recently in Gallipoli photographing all the cemeteries there for our database. The image is of my Great Uncles grave and they kindly laid my last Poppy there for me.

The inscription reads:- 'For my Great Uncle, who's name I bear'

englandphil · 21-10-2008, 09:47 PM

A photo from the Widnes Centotaph 2007

WotNoChad? · 22-10-2008, 01:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cpl Rootes

Does anyone know an actual E-mai lfor the RBL? I sent one from the link on the webbie but i dont think its gone through.

Whole pile of contacts here mate;

http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/cont...s-509170.shtml

Quote:

Originally Posted by DuncaninFrance

As I now live in France, I can't just 'Pick up a Poppy' like I used to do when I lived in the UK. My mother (who lives here too) sends a contribution to the RBL every year and we attend the service at the local village war memorial.

PM me your address and I'll send you a pair.

cheers,

raider · 22-10-2008, 12:13 PM

I will be at my post on Saturday 25 2008 09.30 Poppy,s at the ready have an army cadet to help me this year good luck to all here , have a good parade on the 9 november dont forget Wear your poppy with pride .

raider lest we not forget . they gave there tomorrow for our today

Peter Clare · 22-10-2008, 05:49 PM

I shall be here on Sunday 9th November, The Air Forces Memorial at Runnymede, paying my respects.

kfz · 22-10-2008, 06:39 PM

Sure I ve posted this before. Its probably a big peace lobby pacifists pic, but It means something else to me.

raider · 23-10-2008, 05:16 PM

On the 9/11/2008 at 21.45 I and men of my late squadron will be in the church in pangbourn in the regimental chapel for an alnight vigil in memory for those who
lost there live,s in the Falklands war of 1982 .....

raider...... they gave there live,s for the freedom of other,s as did so many other,s.

Paul Reed · 23-10-2008, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by raider

On the 9/11/2008 at 21.45 I and men of my late squadron will be in the church in pangbourn in the regimental chapel for an alnight vigil in memory for those who
lost there live,s in the Falklands war of 1982 .....

raider...... they gave there live,s for the freedom of other,s as did so many other,s.

Do you mean this chapel?

http://www.falklands-chapel.org.uk/

raider · 23-10-2008, 06:57 PM

Hello Paul.. yes that is the one , have you ever been there , if not you should pay a visit it,s worth it ..

raider..... remember there name,s also remember there face,s
they gave there tomorrow for our today ....

05-10-2008, 06:23 PM	#71 (permalink)
Gage Battle of Barking Creek Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Somewhere in Time Posts: 1,375	I always get a poppy wallpaper for my Mobile phone every year (it hates to feel left out). __________________ 'There I stood at the bar, wearing a Mae West, no jacket, and beginning to leak blood from my torn boot. None of the golfers took any notice of me - after all, I wasn't a member!' Kenneth Lee - after being shot down on the 18th August 1940. John McClane: "Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs..." Avatar: SOE (F Section) agent Andree Borrel murdered at Natzweiler Camp 6th July 1944.

05-10-2008, 08:53 PM	#72 (permalink)
DuncaninFrance Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Blaye, SW France Posts: 18	As I now live in France, I can't just 'Pick up a Poppy' like I used to do when I lived in the UK. My mother (who lives here too) sends a contribution to the RBL every year and we attend the service at the local village war memorial. Here is a description that I wrote in 2005. ……We Will Remember Them It is November 11^th 2005, Armistice Day in France a public holiday. The sky is a clear, azure blue and the sun shines on the group of villagers that have left the church after mass and are now gathered around the War Memorial in the centre of the village. A wreath of flowers is laid by Monsieur Poirier, President of the Old Comrades Association – Les Anciens Combattants, as their standard is lowered in salute. This is followed by the wreath from the Maire, Monsieur Riveau on behalf of the municipalité. Then the roll of honour is read by Monsieur Poirier as people reflect, heads bowed. At the end of the roll call, the group, lead by the Standard, the President and the Maire enter the cemetery behind the church which is filled with the colour and scent of hundreds of chrysanthemums placed there at the beginning of November on All Saints Day. With due ceremony and reverence, a single fresh rose is placed on the tomb of every serviceman who served his country in the World Wars and who now rest in peace here, in St Androny, having returned to the village after the conflicts, to continue their lives among the vines. The Standard is lowered in salute at each grave and people bow their heads in prayer, children looking on, not sure if they should talk or not. The last rose is laid carefully on a tomb and the official duties are at an end. The Standard is furled and cased, people stand and talk in the bright sunlight. The Marie now leads everyone to the Salle de Fête for a Vin d’Honneur where the conversation ebbs and flows, the glasses are raised and snacks are nibbled. We make our farewells to the Maire and thank him for his hospitality and returning to the car we pass the Memorial with its tricolours and wreaths. I take my poppy and place it with the wreaths, it looks at home with them and where better than to be with comrades. Different times, different armies but a common thought………..We Will Remember Them. In France they use the Cornflower in the same way the we use the poppy in Britain. Finally, here is a photograph taken by colleges of mine from The War Graves Photographic Project who were recently in Gallipoli photographing all the cemeteries there for our database. The image is of my Great Uncles grave and they kindly laid my last Poppy there for me. The inscription reads:- 'For my Great Uncle, who's name I bear' __________________ THA CAN ALLUS TELL A YORKSHIREMAN - BUT THA CAN'T TELL IM MUCH

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22-10-2008, 12:13 PM	#75 (permalink)
raider Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 22	I will be at my post on Saturday 25 2008 09.30 Poppy,s at the ready have an army cadet to help me this year good luck to all here , have a good parade on the 9 november dont forget Wear your poppy with pride . raider lest we not forget . they gave there tomorrow for our today

23-10-2008, 05:16 PM	#78 (permalink)
raider Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 22	On the 9/11/2008 at 21.45 I and men of my late squadron will be in the church in pangbourn in the regimental chapel for an alnight vigil in memory for those who lost there live,s in the Falklands war of 1982 ..... raider...... they gave there live,s for the freedom of other,s as did so many other,s.

23-10-2008, 06:57 PM	#80 (permalink)
raider Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 22	Hello Paul.. yes that is the one , have you ever been there , if not you should pay a visit it,s worth it .. raider..... remember there name,s also remember there face,s they gave there tomorrow for our today ....

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