Poppy tribute.....
Made with love by the ladies of the St James Parish Church Louth, Lincolnshire in 2018
For the fallen.. exert from the poem by Laurence Binyon
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
We hear these words every Remembrance Sunday but they never sound less poignant however many times we hear and repeat them..
Our hearts break every time and no less now during the pandemic.
Greater love hath no man than this that he lay down his life for his friends [ John 15.13 ]
I have the greatest respect for both men and women who were in active service during both world wars and am truly thankful for the part they played to bring stability and safety back into lives turned upside down by war and for those were injured in mind or body in doing so.
Sadly far too many actually gave their lives in order that we should live.. I thank them and I remember them....
A fact I find desperately sad....
World War II
By far the most costly war in terms of human life was World War II (1939–45), in which the total number of fatalities, including battle deaths and civilians of all countries, is estimated to have been 56.4 million, assuming 26.6 million Soviet fatalities and 7.8 million Chinese civilians were killed.
Poppy tribute.....
Made with love by the ladies of the St James Parish Church Louth, Lincolnshire in 2018
For the fallen.. exert from the poem by Laurence Binyon
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
We hear these words every Remembrance Sunday but they never sound less poignant however many times we hear and repeat them..
Our hearts break every time and no less now during the pandemic.
Greater love hath no man than this that he lay down his life for his friends [ John 15.13 ]
I have the greatest respect for both men and women who were in active service during both world wars and am truly thankful for the part they played to bring stability and safety back into lives turned upside down by war and for those were injured in mind or body in doing so.
Sadly far too many actually gave their lives in order that we should live.. I thank them and I remember them....
A fact I find desperately sad....
World War II
By far the most costly war in terms of human life was World War II (1939–45), in which the total number of fatalities, including battle deaths and civilians of all countries, is estimated to have been 56.4 million, assuming 26.6 million Soviet fatalities and 7.8 million Chinese civilians were killed.