Friday 11 November 2011

Remember 11/11/11...........


In the frame Matthew Chorley from Lancashire Jim's Grandad

WW1 medal awarded to my Grandfather Herbert Snow who was in the Welsh regiment

a variety of photos from an old album from my Grandmother, unfortunately all the names are long forgotten ...I do know some of them but their connection to my family is a mystery .....


Einon Bowen

Doll and Davey John from Cardiff



Bert Llewelyn my Uncle Ellis's father ........
A day to remember .............x

10 comments:

  1. Absolutely so. Remembering my great grandfather, Serjeant William Henry Bunyan who re-inlisted to go fight in the Great War, and died on the Somme on 9th August 1916 aged 42. Brave men all.

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  2. Wonderful photographs. Thanks for sharing!

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  3. A day to remember indeed. During WWII my Dad was in Norfolk flying missions - he was young and was lucky to come back at all. A day to remember their sacrifice for us all. xox Corrine

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  4. A wonderful collection of photos. I'm remembering along with you on this very special day.

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  5. Great photos Lorna.....i have stories to remember from my Nan and Dad....i also wore a purple poppy for all the horses that where lost too...money went to animal aid ;(

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  6. How nice to see your own family members we are all celebrating today. xo

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  7. wow thankyou for showing the photos, are those army riding boots there that you are showing?gosh so many killed we mustnt forget and I feel sad for the six million horses too that was killed in the great war.

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  8. Difficult for me to say my impresse feelings in english..............But like you, I remember; my grand-father was in Verdun....Thanks to them!!!thanks to you also:

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  9. My grandfather was Welsh and drove the horses that pulled the cannons. He survived the first world war but was horribly injuried and was never really right again.

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  10. what a nice post. love these old pictures.

    now that i think about it, i wish i had posted a pic of my dad, in uniform...on 11/11/11.

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