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[wwwiamasheep]

Every year come November 11th, I buy three poppies and stick a £10 note in the collecting tin. It occasionally gets me odd looks from my family, but I rather think I'll survive.

One poppy for Gallipoli veteran who never returned, one for an engineer in the Gulf and one for a veteran of the South African Border War.

These servicemen (because I shall be the first female soldier in my family) gave so much, and in the case of the Gallipoli poppy, he gave his life, and they deserve to be remembered and thanked from the bottom of our hearts for the time and the determination they have put into defending our way of life, securing freedom even for those who set alight Remembrance poppies during the Silence.

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[gelbes-gilatier.livejournal.com]

Forgive me for commenting so out of the blue but for some reason I did see you in my visitor's list and thought I'd take a look at your LJ. And this little post reminded me of the fact that my great-grandfather got a medal for fighting at Gallipoli... on the Turkish side (he was there on secondment from the German army... my mum said he lived to get pretty old and was eventually killed by a shrapnel that had been buried in his head for decades) and of the fact that it does seem like a miracle that today our countries are on the same side ;)

[wwwiamasheep.livejournal.com]

Are you kidding? Random lj comments make my day.
I'm all for everybody being friends :D

[gelbes-gilatier.livejournal.com]

Heh, glad I could make your day :D

BTW, 10 years ago I also was the first ever female soldier in my family... didn't really work out in the end for me, but I know the feeling. It's great, isn't it? ;)

[wwwiamasheep.livejournal.com]

It will be a doubly sweet moment, for not only will I be the first female soldier in my faimly, I shall also be the highest ranked :D