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Trench foot too when the poor souls couldnt get the proper help and many lost feet and limbs.. no one waa there to pick up the pieces and it still goes on today..Prince Harry though has highlighted the needs of badly injured servicemen and does much more than our politicians do..Places like Erskine hospital near Glasgow whouldnt rely on charity to keep the going..
My wife's dad was badly injured fighting the Germans in North Africa in 1941. He was blown up from a bomb dropped by a Stuka dive bomber. You can imagine, nowhere to shelter, just surrounded by sand. While being carried away on a stretcher, he was shot in the side.
He spent two years in hospital, because of his injuries, and his foot being mangled. He was lucky not to lose his leg. He came home, and was given a small pension. He went back to work, and struggled on as best he could. Because he managed to keep working, a few years after the war, his pension was stopped. He never complained, and was a wonderful man.
Like I said, politicians back then, like now, have short memories.
Just think how many lives could have been saved and men ruined for life with injuries if Maggie Thatcher wouldnt have been so stubborn on the Falklands issue, she was offered a deal and turned it down flat..
Just think how many lives could have been saved and men ruined for life with injuries if Maggie Thatcher wouldnt have been so stubborn on the Falklands issue, she was offered a deal and turned it down flat..
Thatcher was absolutely right on the Falklands.
You cannot make a 'deal' with an extreme right wing military junta which has a well documented record of torturing and murdering innocent civilians and which invades another country and subjugates its citizens.
By winning the Falklands war, not only did we liberate our own people but we contributed to the fall of the junta and, no doubt, saved many Argentine civilians from the depredations of their military leaders.
You cannot make a 'deal' with an extreme right wing military junta which has a well documented record of torturing and murdering innocent civilians and which invades another country and subjugates its citizens.
By winning the Falklands war, not only did we liberate our own people but we contributed to the fall of the junta and, no doubt, saved many Argentine civilians from the depredations of their military leaders.
There was a programme on BBC Wales last night, about Welsh soldiers at the Somme. The rugby player Gareth Thomas was presenting it, as he had two Great Uncles that had died there.
They told the story of the battle and showed him where his Uncles had died - it was all very emotional for him and his parents (he took them over there too).
So many Welsh soldiers died, that they called it 'Death Valley'. Of course, I couldn't help but think of my Great Grandfather, who lost his life too.
There was a programme on BBC Wales last night, about Welsh soldiers at the Somme. The rugby player Gareth Thomas was presenting it, as he had two Great Uncles that had died there.
They told the story of the battle and showed him where his Uncles had died - it was all very emotional for him and his parents (he took them over there too).
So many Welsh soldiers died, that they called it 'Death Valley'. Of course, I couldn't help but think of my Great Grandfather, who lost his life too.
Visiting the place where his Great Uncles died must have been hard to deal with. Unlike nowadays, where there are videos, and lots of photos of us, and our relatives, all that's left of those brave men are a few faded black and white photos. We must always keep them in our collective memory, and never forget their bravery, and desire to serve their country.
Visiting the place where his Great Uncles died must have been hard to deal with. Unlike nowadays, where there are videos, and lots of photos of us, and our relatives, all that's left of those brave men are a few faded black and white photos. We must always keep them in our collective memory, and never forget their bravery, and desire to serve their country.
Yes, all that Gareth and his family had left was a photo each of his Great Uncles.
A few years back I spoke to a woman in Austrailia who wanted photos of graves in Stewarton Ayrshire of her two relatives who had died in WW1. both brothers... so I offered to go and find them for her.. luckily she had grave or lair numbers and wasnt too difficult to find.. I took some photos of both and posted them through to her.... She then sent me photos of both men and it was so touching.. to actually see these strangers who were in those graves ..
A few years back I spoke to a woman in Austrailia who wanted photos of graves in Stewarton Ayrshire of her two relatives who had died in WW1. both brothers... so I offered to go and find them for her.. luckily she had grave or lair numbers and wasnt too difficult to find.. I took some photos of both and posted them through to her.... She then sent me photos of both men and it was so touching.. to actually see these strangers who were in those graves ..
That was a nice gesture. Was it because you have a family tree on Ancestry? As I know that there are people on Ancestry who kindly offer to take photos of graves for others.
It was on Ancestry that I was able to find out details about my Great Grandfather. They have lots of military records to search from. Also, someone (I'm not exactly sure who they are) had a photo of the Thiepval Memorial and linked it to his name.
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