V-Flyer

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I will certainly be wearing my poppy with pride.

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Same here!

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My Dad is 90 years now & a veteran of the Arctic convoys serving on a minesweeper in WW2 including PQ17 which he was extremely lucky to survive. The British Legion people still visit him now in his nursing home - my Mum also served in the army in WW2 & they were both in the British Legion. I also have a cousin who was shot in the back in Afghanistan but drove his troop to safety before he stopped, collapsed & was taken to a US medical base for surgery. He is a hero in my eyes and so I also certainly wear my poppy with pride.

Katie

katie666 wrote:My Dad is 90 years now & a veteran of the Arctic convoys serving on a minesweeper in WW2 including PQ17 which he was extremely lucky to survive. The British Legion people still visit him now in his nursing home - my Mum also served in the army in WW2 & they were both in the British Legion. I also have a cousin who was shot in the back in Afghanistan but drove his troop to safety before he stopped, collapsed & was taken to a US medical base for surgery. He is a hero in my eyes and so I also certainly wear my poppy with pride.

Katie

I really hope your cousin has make a good recovery and was so pleased to hear that the legion visits your father..it is all too easy to forget those that have so proudly served no matter how long ago

Cloudscudder

In August we visited Ypres to see the Menin Gate memorial and to visit the grave the war grave of my Great Uncles Joseph, killed in action December 26th 1914.

I've always worn a poppy but seeing the rows of white headstones in Flanders fields has made me even more aware of the sacrifices made.