[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Oberon

The Somme was a bloody mess...like many of the battlefields of the Western Front...I had two relatives that I know of in the Great War, one made it out and the other didn't.
My Great-Grandfather I have mentioned a lot about before, he was also buried by a nearby shell hit, but thankfully it must have been further away than the one that caught your grandfather, Jim, because he managed to retain his hearing and dig himself out.
My Great-Grand-Uncle I know little of other than his name was Robert and he was killed by a sniper at Verdun around 1916 I think, either that or 1918...I can't quite recall.

But yes...I'll be heading down the memorial tomorrow, I try to every year if I can. We have a lot to be grateful for, and it's on their shoulders and their sacrifices that we stand. I'm going to borrow one of those poppies for my sig if you don't mind Jim...

Of course I don't mind.....GOD BLESS THEM ALL

~SALUTE~