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Express & Star 15 Nov 10
Thousands of people flocked to pay their respects to the country’s fallen war heroes during emotional Remembrance Day ceremonies across the West Midlands and Staffordshire.
Crowds stood still in silence across the region at 11am yesterday to remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, and honour those still fighting in Afghanistan…
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Derek Bennett 15 Nov 10
Despite often having gripes and moans about many of the things Walsall Council get up to, the one thing the Council does really well each year is the Remembrance Sunday parade and service and being part of it as a representative of UKIP always gives me great pride.
These events are not for those of us who have never served in conflict, but for those who have and to ensure we all remember what so many extremely brave people were willing to sacrifice to enable the rest of us to live in safety and freedom…
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Stuart Williams Bloxidge Tallygraph 15 Nov 10
Remembrance Sunday is about just that – remembering.
Remembering the fallen in battle, and those killed on the home front of two world wars, and in too many other conflicts, right up to the present day.
Remembering those who served then, now and tomorrow. Remembering those whose lives were shattered, or ended, at home, in the field and in other nations as well. Remembering friends and relatives who are no longer with us. Remembering those who still need our help.
When I prepared to attend today’s Remembrance Sunday parade and service in Bloxwich, I went to a drawer and pulled out a medal. My late father’s General Service or ‘Queen’s Medal’, a shiny silver disc stamped with queen Elizabeth II on the obverse and a figure of ‘Winged Victory’ on the reverse, and hung from a purple and green ribbon surmounted by a clasp embossed with ‘Canal Zone’…
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Bloxidge Tallygraph 15 Nov 10
On Sunday hundreds of residents of Bloxwich, Blakenall Heath and Leamore gathered to observe the nation’s traditional act of remembrance and to see a parade to honour fallen UK servicemen and women of all wars and conflicts, especially the Great War and the Second World War.
Participants in the parade were gathered outside the former Bulls Head pub (sadly, recently destroyed by fire) in Park Road by 10.20am…
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CommonPeople 15 Nov 10
Hundreds of people gathered at Pelsall Cenotaph today for the annual Remembrance Day service.
Uniformed organisations joined churchgoers, service veterans and villagers after morning services at St Michael’s Church and Pelsall Methodist Church…
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BrownhillsBob 14 Nov 10
We should never, ever forget. It’s easy to say, and I repeat it every year, but war is an ongoing business. Nearly every year since WWII British servicemen and women have seen active combat in one part of the world or another, and at any time, war is raging somewhere on our planet.
The people of all nationalities who fight these wars – and pay the ultimate price – are not special. They are like you or I, they are doing their duty, be it out of choice, compulsion or conscription. They are all the children of somebody, they have brothers and sisters, wives or husbands, and often children of their own. In the main they are working people doing a job. They are ordinary people thrust into extraordinary situations…
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BrownhillsBob 13 Nov 10
Since it’s remembrance weekend, I thought I’d try and feature some wartime pictures of the area on the blog today. That was until I realised there aren’t actually that many of them about.
The war years – both the Great War and World War II – must have been as difficult in Brownhills as anywhere else, with many workers in reserved occupations the character of the town must have been a little different to other places. I was hoping for a better photographic record, so please, if you have anything to add please do contact me…
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B'ham Post 11 Nov 10
Walsall Mayor & staff observe 2 minutes’ silence
Millions of Britons fell silent today to remember those who have died in war.
But in London the solemn moment was marred by a small group of protesters styling themselves Muslims Against Crusades, who burned a model of a poppy.
As the clock struck 11am, the nation paused to mark the anniversary of Armistice Day, when peace returned to Europe at the end of the First World War…
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The Plastic Hippo 11 Nov 10
The war to end war officially ended at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month 92 years ago. An estimated 10 million combatants died with a further 20 million wounded. Even now, 8 million are still classed as “missing” and the number of civilian deaths will never be known. Today we are asked to remember them.
The sacrifice and horror endured during the carnage remains unimaginable and the futility of a slaughtered generation is something we should never forget. We should also remember the courage and loss brought about by subsequent conflicts, not least the second war to end war. There is something rather sad in the fact that in 1939, Armistice Day was moved to the nearest Sunday to November 11 so as not to interrupt midweek war production with a two minute silence. There is more to remembrance than wearing a poppy with pride…
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The Dan Slee Blog 10 Nov 10
As I watched a tear run down my grandpa’s face I realised the First World War hadn’t ended. This proud man with clipped military moustache and silver hair sat in a chair across from me.
This was 20 years ago. I was a teenager and had been ushered in slightly reluctantly to talk to him on one of his visits.
We chatted then he started to recall what happened in 1916 when his father died 70 years before…