Thank You To All Vets

When people get tired of me posting this picture please do PM me.

Until then RIP Private Frank Goodwin
Liverpool Pals
D. 30th July 1916
Guillemont – The Somme
My Uncle

Moggy

Not a chance !!!
esp as he’s probably a distant relative of mine also !!

TNZ

When people get tired of me posting this picture please do PM me.

Until then RIP Private Frank Goodwin
Liverpool Pals
D. 30th July 1916
Guillemont – The Somme
My Uncle

Moggy

A long and continuing thank you to ALL vets everywhere….to my friends in the Coast Guard who I have just re-connected with here in the last couple of weeks and to all those who will never be known…a job well done around the world…

Mark

Hello All,

I would like to say a big thanks to all Vets. no matter what country they are from. They are and always will be held in the highest reguards by us who have them for are freedom.

With my deepest respect

Robert Rohr
Proud Son of a Navy Meet

I must look closer before I reply to posts.
Welcome back.

Steve.

You’ll get no arguments from me over any of the sentiments expressed above.

Moggy

Hello All,

I would like to say a big thanks to all Vets. no matter what country they are from. They are and always will be held in the highest reguards by us who have them for are freedom.

With my deepest respect

Robert Rohr
Proud Son of a Navy Meet

Ditto 😉
Welcome Back 😉 😀 😀

Good for you, Dave.
Cambridge is an awesome place and it sounds like you have the right idea.

…LEST WE FORGET…

TNZ

Wear your poppy with pride.

I wore a poppy today when I went into town, filled with pride and emotion after I’d watched the amazing live coverage of the burial of a WWI unknown Kiwi soldier in Wellington (see my other thread). I noticed many people giving me an odd look for wearing a poppy – here in NZ poppies are not worn in November, but instead in April, for ANZAC Day, April 25th – which predates Armistice Day and is more important to New Zealanders. But I feel November 11th is also important. My great, great uncle was killed in Frnce in 1917, after earlier surviving months at Gallipoli and several wounds. My good friends’ grandfather joined up in 1914, went through the whole war and was killed the week of the Armistice. Dreadful.

My town, Cambridge, is one of the few places in NZ to have a full Remembrance Day ceremony, in fact it is now so big it is an Armistice Weekend Commemoration with both solemn ceremony and joyous remembrance (a WWII themed Victory Dance, re-enactors, military vehicle parade, warbirds, parachutists, a militaria market, etc).

This Saturday I am hosting a reunion for Cambridge men and women who served in the RNZAF and Allied Air Forces in WWII. It is an exciting event and many veterans are coming along. Apparently they have never had such an event before. I came up with the idea to launch my website project properly, as they have all contributed to the research. We expect at least 50-60 people, mostly veterans and their familes. We are also unveiling a plaque and dedicating a tree to the memory of all those who served in the Air Forces – not just those who died. So this is a very special time for me. I hope all goes well.

And for me this date, November 11th, is even more poignant now – this is the first anniversary of my Nana’s death too. 🙁

Hear Hear

May they all Rest In Peace. God bless every one of them no matter what nationality.
11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. This day must never be forgotten.
Wear your poppy with pride.

For the men with names (as Max Immelman, oswald Boelcke, Albert Ball, …) and the many without a name.

J.V.

May they all Rest In Peace. God bless every one of them no matter what nationality.
11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. This day must never be forgotten.
Wear your poppy with pride.

Amen to that, Gnome. 🙂

TNZ

It was indeed very moving TNZ – I watched from the steps of Parliament. It’s a great thing that has been done and will help to keep the memory alive, especially for those who have lost family and friends without trace.

Well said, Rob !!

I agree.
Today, we had our Unknown Warrior Procession march through downtown Wellington. The whole city was blocked off.
This was an unknown fellow who fought in the WW1 and had his remains finally come home. A very moving experience. A tribute to all New Zealanders who fought and lost their lives to keep the world free as we know it.

Regards,
Chris

(TNZ)

I’m sure you’ll find a lot of agreement for that on this forum today (and any other day I would say)
Have you come back – or just visiting?