At the Overloon museum they have a British tank with a similar story from operation Market Garden.
Locally there is a bridge with the names and ages of the British soldiers that died there.

I only ever watch the remembrance events at the Waalsdorpervlakte on May 4th, because it is what these things should be.
No drama, no politicians making…[Read more]

@limburger

I have his book ; the front photo is pattern-1916 lower rank for officers. I took this photo of my copy of his work. Wilfred Owen was, sadly, killed one week before the Armistice in 1918. Utter tragedy.

also, my Regiment, the Fort Garry Horse, were granted the WW2 honours for liberating the Netherlands – and beyond:

Not much fun…[Read more]

@grantinvanman for us it’s 4 + 5 of May. One day to remember and one to celebrate ‘freedom’. It’s gotten very politically charged as certain activist b*stards have started to make it more about themselves and not about the core concepts.
/rant

We ‘missed’ the first world war by being neutral, but there is one WW 1 era poem that hits home :

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Do you have a link? More info?
I used google and the most recent info was at least a year ago.

@limburger – 11/11 is Remembrance Day in Canada (and other Commonwealth nations); probably the most solemn day of the year for any of us who served. It’s not a “day for fun”.

“In Flanders Fields, the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns…[Read more]

That photo doesn’t do you any favours, but from I what I see, they look like Wargames Foundry minis, possibly.

which reminds me … 11/11 is a date for us to remember how to have fun. 🙂