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Gillian Jennifer

Gillian Jennifer Report 4 Nov 2009 23:09

nice touch xx..

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 4 Nov 2009 23:17

I don't have one

I'm on GR uk, and have ad blocker working



sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 5 Nov 2009 03:51

I haven't bought my poppy yet

Remembrance Day, November 11, is a statutory holiday in Canada except in Ontario and Quebec................ all Remembrance services at cenotaphs etc are held that morning. Schools usually hold services the day before.




In Flanders Fields

written in 1915 by John McCrae

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 below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

John McCrea



Flanders, in north-west Belgium, was the scene of one of the bloodiest battles of the World War I. One of the few things said to have survived the bloodshed was the poppy. Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrea, a Canadian doctor serving on the battlefield, wrote this poem after treating the battle wounded and burying the dead.




sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

MayBlossomEmpressofSpring

MayBlossomEmpressofSpring Report 5 Nov 2009 22:52

I now have a poppy on my screen, Thank you GR.

LindainBerkshire1736004

LindainBerkshire1736004 Report 5 Nov 2009 22:53

Mine has just appeared

Researching:
Peryer(Winchester), Barber(Norfolk), Franklin(Oxford), Sadler(Marylebone), Davies(Hammersmith/Northampton), Rance(Wokingham), Hedley(Gateshead/Lincolnshire), Wilson(Derbyshire/India), French(India/Ireland), Luffman(Wiltshire), Barnett(Brixton/Lincolnshire)

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 6 Nov 2009 03:34

I still don't have one!


sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 8 Nov 2009 03:59

The poppy appeared on my screen within the last 2 hours!!


I KNOW we don't do anything here until the actual day, which is Wednesday. There are no special church services for example on Sunday


but still .....................



why so long after everyone else????



sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

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