Remembrance..............November 2014

What with the centenary of the start of the First World War, the moving visit with the family to the poppies at the Tower in August and today being Remembrance Sunday I decided to dig out a figure that I bought a while back that was being sold in aid of Combat Stress.

After painting it up I decided on a very simple tableau.........

The grave marker is painted with a single word..........

 'UNKNOWN' 

............the piece is dedicated to all those men, women and children who have lost their lives as the result of conflict.

On this day we especially remember the young men from our families who lost their lives in the First World War......

Cpl James Hannah (MM)

20th Bttn (Wearside Pals) Durham Light Infantry

KIA France 25/03/18

Aged 20

L/C John Budge

3rd Bttn New Zealand Rifles

KIA France 29/08/18

Aged 21

Pvt. David McCallum

Canadian Machine Gun Corps

KIA France 09/10/18

Aged 19

Engine Room Artificer John Hall

Royal Navy (HMS Comus)

Died of Disease 06/04/16

Aged 25

L/C John Hall (MM)

11th Bttn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

KIA France 09/04/17

Aged 26

 Pte James Hall 

2nd Bttn Argyll  and Sutherland Highlanders

KIA France 23/10/18

Aged 27

'At the going down of the sun we will remember them......'

My son and I also attended a Show of Hands concert this week where they did some of the tracks off their Remembrance CD ......superb stuff....... Recommended......the readings are particularly good.....

Link

Thank you for looking....

Chris

Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red....

Went to London yesterday with the family.........

Went down to the Tower and was moved by the latest art installation in the moat. Thought I would share it with you.......

If you can get to see it I would recommend it.

The moat is being filled between 1st August and 11th November 2014 with 888,246 ceramic poppies.........

This represents one for each British and Commonwealth solider killed during 'The Great War'

A wave of poppies engulfing visitors.......

The poppies can be purchased with the proceeds going to six of the charities who support servicemen and their families

After visiting we purchased one of the poppies and will be recipients of poppy no 296641when the installation finishes.....

'And at the going down of the sun.....we will remember them'

More information here

Poppies in the moat