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Hamish Racing

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I live in England and just back from a trip to Loch Ewe in Nothwest Scotland.
I like to pay my respects at any war graves I see.

I was particularly moved by this war memorial in such a very small community.

The poppies are hand crocheted and sewn onto a fishing net and draped over the memorial.

Lock ewe was the main hub ( the loch was chain netted to protect it from U-boat attack) for the artic convoys to supply aid to Russia ‘41 to ‘44
Oh what short memories they have

I’m glad I had a quiet moment to reflect on the artic hardship from the weather and the probable German attack from U-boats under the sea, warships on the surface and air attack.
Brave souls.
 

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The hand-made drape of poppies is heart breaking. And the incredible hardships those people endured against "the hun" is a horror.

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Where would we be now, without Churchill and FDR.
 
we had a meaningful remembrance service in church today. This year there seems to be many reasons to remember above and beyond the 80th anniversary.
 
I won't be near the internet tomorrow, so I'm posting this today. This is a video containing grainy B&W footage from the start of the battle of the Somme in World War 1, played over the most sparse and haunting track I ever heard from Motorhead.


This second video is the same song being covered by Sabaton offering a visual tribute to those who fought in all wars, plus a special nod to Motorhead (whos surviving members and fans appear in the video, carrying a portrait of Lemmy Kilmister who wrote the song).

Sabaton has a lot of historically informed songs, probably the majority about events of World War 1 which seems fitting to explore today/tomorrow since the WWI armistice was the original cause for whats now Veterans Day.

 
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