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Originally posted by luxor:
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
We will never truly know the horrors that his generation went through.
May they all rest in peace.

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Originally posted by The Devil In Diamante:
Radiohead have recorded a song in his honour, can be DL on the Radiohead website for £1 - radiohead.com.....all proceeds go to the British Legion.....

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Originally posted by sweet_tooth:
I found it quite interesting they died so close to each other.

I also found it really heart wrenching when one of the last survivors said looking at the world today it wasnt worht it (or words to that effect).

I wonder if they relived those times every single day of their lives or not? War is sooooo not the answer.

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Originally posted by Daniel J*:
He only started talking about his experienced when he was 100, it said this morning. Thank goodness he did. That sort of stuff needs to be on film, for posterity.

Loads of people wouldn't talk about the world wars. My neighbour was the same. He used to wake up having nightmares about the war when he was 80.

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Originally posted by Daniel J*:
He only started talking about his experienced when he was 100, it said this morning. Thank goodness he did. That sort of stuff needs to be on film, for posterity.

Loads of people wouldn't talk about the world wars. My neighbour was the same. He used to wake up having nightmares about the war when he was 80.

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Originally posted by luxor:

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Originally posted by Daniel J*:
He only started talking about his experienced when he was 100, it said this morning. Thank goodness he did. That sort of stuff needs to be on film, for posterity.

Loads of people wouldn't talk about the world wars. My neighbour was the same. He used to wake up having nightmares about the war when he was 80.

It is sad that the horrors these people saw are so dreadful that they try very hard to forget.
My great Uncle was a prisoner of the Japenese in the Second world war. He never once told anyone about his experiences. But he would never have anything Japanese in his house, or watch any films about that theatre of the war.

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Originally posted by Queen of the High Teas:

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Originally posted by luxor:

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Originally posted by Daniel J*:
He only started talking about his experienced when he was 100, it said this morning. Thank goodness he did. That sort of stuff needs to be on film, for posterity.

Loads of people wouldn't talk about the world wars. My neighbour was the same. He used to wake up having nightmares about the war when he was 80.

It is sad that the horrors these people saw are so dreadful that they try very hard to forget.
My great Uncle was a prisoner of the Japenese in the Second world war. He never once told anyone about his experiences. But he would never have anything Japanese in his house, or watch any films about that theatre of the war.

My great uncle was a POW in Burma. He suffered from depression when he got back and killed himself in the 1970's. My nana never forgave the Japanese either.
I don't think we can ever imagine the level of sacrifice made by those generations. I admire all of them greatly. They should never be forgotten.

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Originally posted by Soozy woo:

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Originally posted by Queen of the High Teas:

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Originally posted by luxor:

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Originally posted by Daniel J*:
He only started talking about his experienced when he was 100, it said this morning. Thank goodness he did. That sort of stuff needs to be on film, for posterity.

Loads of people wouldn't talk about the world wars. My neighbour was the same. He used to wake up having nightmares about the war when he was 80.

It is sad that the horrors these people saw are so dreadful that they try very hard to forget.
My great Uncle was a prisoner of the Japenese in the Second world war. He never once told anyone about his experiences. But he would never have anything Japanese in his house, or watch any films about that theatre of the war.

My great uncle was a POW in Burma. He suffered from depression when he got back and killed himself in the 1970's. My nana never forgave the Japanese either.
I don't think we can ever imagine the level of sacrifice made by those generations. I admire all of them greatly. They should never be forgotten.

I worked with a man who had been a Japanese POW. I was behind him once and put my hand on his shoulder to attract his attention .........he completely freaked out - apparently if you were marching and you felt a hand on your soldier you were the one chosen to be taken out and shot as an example.

How scary This was years after the war but the terror never left him.

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Originally posted by Queen of the High Teas:

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Originally posted by luxor:

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Originally posted by Daniel J*:
He only started talking about his experienced when he was 100, it said this morning. Thank goodness he did. That sort of stuff needs to be on film, for posterity.

Loads of people wouldn't talk about the world wars. My neighbour was the same. He used to wake up having nightmares about the war when he was 80.

It is sad that the horrors these people saw are so dreadful that they try very hard to forget.
My great Uncle was a prisoner of the Japenese in the Second world war. He never once told anyone about his experiences. But he would never have anything Japanese in his house, or watch any films about that theatre of the war.

My great uncle was a POW in Burma. He suffered from depression when he got back and killed himself in the 1970's. My nana never forgave the Japanese either.
I don't think we can ever imagine the level of sacrifice made by those generations. I admire all of them greatly. They should never be forgotten.

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Originally posted by Queen of the High Teas:

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Originally posted by luxor:

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Originally posted by Daniel J*:
He only started talking about his experienced when he was 100, it said this morning. Thank goodness he did. That sort of stuff needs to be on film, for posterity.

Loads of people wouldn't talk about the world wars. My neighbour was the same. He used to wake up having nightmares about the war when he was 80.

It is sad that the horrors these people saw are so dreadful that they try very hard to forget.
My great Uncle was a prisoner of the Japenese in the Second world war. He never once told anyone about his experiences. But he would never have anything Japanese in his house, or watch any films about that theatre of the war.

My great uncle was a POW in Burma. He suffered from depression when he got back and killed himself in the 1970's. My nana never forgave the Japanese either.
I don't think we can ever imagine the level of sacrifice made by those generations. I admire all of them greatly. They should never be forgotten.

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Originally posted by Baz:

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Originally posted by Queen of the High Teas:

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Originally posted by luxor:

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Originally posted by Daniel J*:
He only started talking about his experienced when he was 100, it said this morning. Thank goodness he did. That sort of stuff needs to be on film, for posterity.

Loads of people wouldn't talk about the world wars. My neighbour was the same. He used to wake up having nightmares about the war when he was 80.

It is sad that the horrors these people saw are so dreadful that they try very hard to forget.
My great Uncle was a prisoner of the Japenese in the Second world war. He never once told anyone about his experiences. But he would never have anything Japanese in his house, or watch any films about that theatre of the war.

My great uncle was a POW in Burma. He suffered from depression when he got back and killed himself in the 1970's. My nana never forgave the Japanese either.
I don't think we can ever imagine the level of sacrifice made by those generations. I admire all of them greatly. They should never be forgotten.

My dad was captured at the fall of Singapore , and was in a Japanese POW camp for the duration. He never really spoke about much, but I know he lost good friends, and suffered quite a lot. However, he never seemed to hold it against the Japanese... he said they fought their war in accordance to their culture, and we fought ours. I am not sure that I could ever be that magnanimous.

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Originally posted by Baz:

My dad was captured at the fall of Singapore , and was in a Japanese POW camp for the duration. He never really spoke about much, but I know he lost good friends, and suffered quite a lot. However, he never seemed to hold it against the Japanese... he said they fought their war in accordance to their culture, and we fought ours. I am not sure that I could ever be that magnanimous.

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Originally posted by Soozy woo:

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Originally posted by Baz:

My dad was captured at the fall of Singapore , and was in a Japanese POW camp for the duration. He never really spoke about much, but I know he lost good friends, and suffered quite a lot. However, he never seemed to hold it against the Japanese... he said they fought their war in accordance to their culture, and we fought ours. I am not sure that I could ever be that magnanimous.

How fantastic to be that forgiving and that understanding ..................I'm not sure that I could be like that. He must have been a 'good' man.

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Originally posted by luxor:

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Originally posted by Baz:

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Originally posted by Queen of the High Teas:

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Originally posted by luxor:

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Originally posted by Daniel J*:
He only started talking about his experienced when he was 100, it said this morning. Thank goodness he did. That sort of stuff needs to be on film, for posterity.

Loads of people wouldn't talk about the world wars. My neighbour was the same. He used to wake up having nightmares about the war when he was 80.

It is sad that the horrors these people saw are so dreadful that they try very hard to forget.
My great Uncle was a prisoner of the Japenese in the Second world war. He never once told anyone about his experiences. But he would never have anything Japanese in his house, or watch any films about that theatre of the war.

My great uncle was a POW in Burma. He suffered from depression when he got back and killed himself in the 1970's. My nana never forgave the Japanese either.
I don't think we can ever imagine the level of sacrifice made by those generations. I admire all of them greatly. They should never be forgotten.

My dad was captured at the fall of Singapore , and was in a Japanese POW camp for the duration. He never really spoke about much, but I know he lost good friends, and suffered quite a lot. However, he never seemed to hold it against the Japanese... he said they fought their war in accordance to their culture, and we fought ours. I am not sure that I could ever be that magnanimous.

Nor I. Hats off to him.

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Yet now a days people get compensation (not soldiers) for what to these brave souls must seem very trivial.