fish
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harry patch tributei was so sad at the loss of harry that i and my 6yo boy jack decided each to make a tribute to him,jack did a picture of harry and his gu and i engraved a glass,today we placed them in the memorial chapel at wells cathedral.
sadly photo's of engraved glass are notoriously dificult to photo.
and here in the cathedral:
thanks for looking
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Morlan75
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Excellent!
A very fitting and heartfelt tribute! 
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fish
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thanks.
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Twiggy
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You fecker! I would be very proud to shake your hand, mate. It is so good to see people propagating these thoughts to our juniors. My other half deployed to the Gulf today (and before anyone starts, she's female - yep the girls can do blokes jobs!). I've done my time and am possibly about to sign-up again. 
Feck'n hell, you git, I'm almost snivelling. 
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fish
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all our service boys n gals deserve better than they get!
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jmplsnt
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From over here in the US, I was greatly saddened to hear of the passing of Harry Patch. Even our WWII and Vietnam vets are growing older by the day.....while I was off the boat the last time I was privileged to meet a survivor of the Bataan Death March (the second I've gotten to meet) and to know that with the barest of handfulls that entire generation from the Great War are all gone. All I can say is I hope there was a good formation standing at attention for him when he reached the Pearly Gates or wherever it is you go when you drag up.
FYI, I knew a very old man who just passed last year who remembered in his very early childhood old men sitting around the wood stove at the country store, most missing limbs, and talking about Chickamauga (War of Northern Aggression, 1861-1865).
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fish
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as sad as the losses are to the bdooly muslims at least there aint thousands a day dying eh. two of my boys want to join up when there old enough,one for the royal marines and one for the royal navy.
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tyke
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RIP Harry,at least Harry got to live a long and hopefully enjoyable life thousands didn't,my great grandad left half an arse cheek at the Somme,he lived to old age and eventually lost his leg due to bad circulation.I cant imagine living in mud filled trenches and having to charge into a blizzard of machine gun fire,and for what?
For our government to give our country away and discrace the memory of all our fallen heroe's imo.
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mr=punch
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Lovely tribute there fish, I have been past the cathedral many times but never been in there.
Tyke you are just so right.
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fish
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| tyke wrote: | RIP Harry,at least Harry got to live a long and hopefully enjoyable life thousands didn't,my great grandad left half an arse cheek at the Somme,he lived to old age and eventually lost his leg due to bad circulation.I cant imagine living in mud filled trenches and having to charge into a blizzard of machine gun fire,and for what?
For our government to give our country away and discrace the memory of all our fallen heroe's imo. |
here here! 
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magnet
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Ithink thats bdooly fantastic what a lovely gesture from you and your son. Well done mate. Magnet.
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ratbuster
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Although I was born 12 years after the end of WW2 , I have the deepest respect for all those British, American , Polish, French, Russian and so on service men & women, who gave their life , so that I can live free. And there are still service men & women giving their best to safeguard our values and liberties to this day in Irak & Afghanistan
Fish , will you honour all those men & women by burning a candle on my behalf when you visit the chapel again. Through the candle for Harry I honour all those who fought and fight for our way of life.
Greatest respect,
Rb
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bryn
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Sorry I'm late with this one but I'd just like to say what a marvellous gesture, well done mate.
And best wishes to your OH Twiggy
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Twiggy
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Thanks, Bryn, kind gesture.
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fish
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i am in wells usually weekly,i will light a candle for Harry often.
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Twiggy
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Well done, good man.
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