Just seen the funeral of Harry Patch on the news, and there was such a huge lump in my throat that I couldn't eat my tea for a few minutes.
RIP Harry - A REAL Hero
RIP Harry - A REAL Hero
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Yes me too...a true hero 
proper hero
pity they dont churn 'em out like that anymore
pity they dont churn 'em out like that anymore
It's very sad Moomin....R I P Harry Patch.
And me, especially when they showed the bit with the chorister singing Where Have All The Flowers Gone.
Was so sad, I remember watching last years rememberance day, and the 3 heroes looked so frail.Now there are none left..
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who felt this way.
Who knows where this country would be now without Harry and his comrades.
Yes, I remember seeing that too, Lightfoot, and wondering at the time whether it would be their last.
Who knows where this country would be now without Harry and his comrades.
Yes, I remember seeing that too, Lightfoot, and wondering at the time whether it would be their last.
quote:Originally posted by Moomin:
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who felt this way.
Who knows where this country would be now without Harry and his comrades.
Yes, I remember seeing that too, Lightfoot, and wondering at the time whether it would be their last.
Think I knew it was their last..which made it very poignant.. In the 2nd WW my Dad played the bugle, He was also missing presumed dead in Burma, and every time I hear the last post, I dissolve..
quote:Originally posted by lightfoot:quote:Originally posted by Moomin:
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who felt this way.
Who knows where this country would be now without Harry and his comrades.
Yes, I remember seeing that too, Lightfoot, and wondering at the time whether it would be their last.
Think I knew it was their last..which made it very poignant.. In the 2nd WW my Dad played the bugle, He was also missing presumed dead in Burma, and every time I hear the last post, I dissolve..
my dad fought alongside the british in burma-ive got a little piece of the burma railway that he brought home
God bless him and all the other veterans past and present.
quote:Originally posted by charmer:quote:Originally posted by lightfoot:quote:Originally posted by Moomin:
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who felt this way.
Who knows where this country would be now without Harry and his comrades.
Yes, I remember seeing that too, Lightfoot, and wondering at the time whether it would be their last.
Think I knew it was their last..which made it very poignant.. In the 2nd WW my Dad played the bugle, He was also missing presumed dead in Burma, and every time I hear the last post, I dissolve..
my dad fought alongside the british in burma-ive got a little piece of the burma railway that he brought home
You say fought alongside? Dad took me to see "the bridge over the river Kwai" but never spoke about his time in Burma,all I know he had malaria, and suffered bouts all through his life. and had shrapnel in his legs..
quote:Originally posted by lightfoot:quote:Originally posted by charmer:quote:Originally posted by lightfoot:quote:Originally posted by Moomin:
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who felt this way.
Who knows where this country would be now without Harry and his comrades.
Yes, I remember seeing that too, Lightfoot, and wondering at the time whether it would be their last.
Think I knew it was their last..which made it very poignant.. In the 2nd WW my Dad played the bugle, He was also missing presumed dead in Burma, and every time I hear the last post, I dissolve..
my dad fought alongside the british in burma-ive got a little piece of the burma railway that he brought home
You say fought alongside? Dad took me to see "the bridge over the river Kwai" but never spoke about his time in Burma,all I know he had malaria, and suffered bouts all through his life. and had shrapnel in his legs..
i pretty sure he joined the british army (he wasnt british)-like your dad-mine wouldnt tell me anything about his time there, i asked him once how many people he killed, he went mad at me-i never asked again
but he told me about wading through the rivers and burning leeches off with fag ends
quote:Originally posted by charmer:quote:Originally posted by lightfoot:quote:Originally posted by charmer:quote:Originally posted by lightfoot:quote:Originally posted by Moomin:
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who felt this way.
Who knows where this country would be now without Harry and his comrades.
Yes, I remember seeing that too, Lightfoot, and wondering at the time whether it would be their last.
Think I knew it was their last..which made it very poignant.. In the 2nd WW my Dad played the bugle, He was also missing presumed dead in Burma, and every time I hear the last post, I dissolve..
my dad fought alongside the british in burma-ive got a little piece of the burma railway that he brought home
You say fought alongside? Dad took me to see "the bridge over the river Kwai" but never spoke about his time in Burma,all I know he had malaria, and suffered bouts all through his life. and had shrapnel in his legs..
i pretty sure he joined the british army (he wasnt british)-like your dad-mine wouldnt tell me anything about his time there, i asked him once how many people he killed, he went mad at me-i never asked again
but he told me about wading through the rivers and burning leeches off with fag ends
If you don't mind me asking, what is your nationality? Dad never had a bad word to say about anyone..
quote:Originally posted by lightfoot:quote:Originally posted by charmer:quote:Originally posted by lightfoot:quote:Originally posted by charmer:quote:Originally posted by lightfoot:quote:Originally posted by Moomin:
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who felt this way.
Who knows where this country would be now without Harry and his comrades.
Yes, I remember seeing that too, Lightfoot, and wondering at the time whether it would be their last.
Think I knew it was their last..which made it very poignant.. In the 2nd WW my Dad played the bugle, He was also missing presumed dead in Burma, and every time I hear the last post, I dissolve..
my dad fought alongside the british in burma-ive got a little piece of the burma railway that he brought home
You say fought alongside? Dad took me to see "the bridge over the river Kwai" but never spoke about his time in Burma,all I know he had malaria, and suffered bouts all through his life. and had shrapnel in his legs..
i pretty sure he joined the british army (he wasnt british)-like your dad-mine wouldnt tell me anything about his time there, i asked him once how many people he killed, he went mad at me-i never asked again
but he told me about wading through the rivers and burning leeches off with fag ends
If you don't mind me asking, what is your nationality? Dad never had a bad word to say about anyone..
my dad was romanian
quote:Originally posted by charmer:quote:Originally posted by lightfoot:quote:Originally posted by charmer:quote:Originally posted by lightfoot:quote:Originally posted by charmer:quote:Originally posted by lightfoot:quote:Originally posted by Moomin:
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who felt this way.
Who knows where this country would be now without Harry and his comrades.
Yes, I remember seeing that too, Lightfoot, and wondering at the time whether it would be their last.
Think I knew it was their last..which made it very poignant.. In the 2nd WW my Dad played the bugle, He was also missing presumed dead in Burma, and every time I hear the last post, I dissolve..
my dad fought alongside the british in burma-ive got a little piece of the burma railway that he brought home
You say fought alongside? Dad took me to see "the bridge over the river Kwai" but never spoke about his time in Burma,all I know he had malaria, and suffered bouts all through his life. and had shrapnel in his legs..
i pretty sure he joined the british army (he wasnt british)-like your dad-mine wouldnt tell me anything about his time there, i asked him once how many people he killed, he went mad at me-i never asked again
but he told me about wading through the rivers and burning leeches off with fag ends
If you don't mind me asking, what is your nationality? Dad never had a bad word to say about anyone..
my dad was romanian
Must admit.. I never thought of other nationalalities apart from Polish etc being involved in the war,but now you mention it it was obvious,very naive of me,I'm so sorry..I feel bad now, for my lack of knowledge..
What a lovely poem on BBC2. more than that ....what a lovely man .......he was a soldier amongst hundreds of thousands - some who lost their lives and some who survived. Very sad that he's now gone but good that he's had a life since that traumatic turn of events that turned many peoples lives upside down.
God Bless him ........but they were all heroes in their own way.
God Bless him ........but they were all heroes in their own way.
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Not many will heed the words of Harry Patch especially now he's gone but when he said how the war should have been settled around the table at the beginning and not the end was so true... war is never the answer... RIP Mr Patch Sir
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Not many will heed the words of Harry Patch especially now he's gone but when he said how the war should have been settled around the table at the beginning and not the end was so true... war is never the answer... RIP Mr Patch Sir
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quote:Originally posted by Canicant:
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Not many will heed the words of Harry Patch especially now he's gone but when he said how the war should have been settled around the table at the beginning and not the end was so true... war is never the answer... RIP Mr Patch Sir
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quote:Originally posted by Soozy woo:
What a lovely poem on BBC2. more than that ....what a lovely man .......he was a soldier amongst hundreds of thousands - some who lost their lives and some who survived. Very sad that he's now gone but good that he's had a life since that traumatic turn of events that turned many peoples lives upside down.
God Bless him ........but they were all heroes in their own way.
Andrew Motion's? I couldn't really get on with that poem. Loved the programme though.
What gets me about Harry and his comrades is that when WW2 happened, they must have been horrified. I guess, like him, most were too old to be called up again but they must have had sons go off to war.
quote:Originally posted by Daniel J*:quote:Originally posted by Soozy woo:
What a lovely poem on BBC2. more than that ....what a lovely man .......he was a soldier amongst hundreds of thousands - some who lost their lives and some who survived. Very sad that he's now gone but good that he's had a life since that traumatic turn of events that turned many peoples lives upside down.
God Bless him ........but they were all heroes in their own way.
Andrew Motion's? I couldn't really get on with that poem. Loved the programme though.
What gets me about Harry and his comrades is that when WW2 happened, they must have been horrified. I guess, like him, most were too old to be called up again but they must have had sons go off to war.
Yes but ........if there was ever a war that needed to be fought WW2 was the one. Should everyone have laid down and let Hitler exterminate all Jews and ride roughshod over all of Europe?
Sometimes War is the only answer ....it was never gonna be sorted round a table.