tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522710068688445614.post6084015381821492382..comments2024-03-01T18:49:17.742+00:00Comments on Down by the sea: Remembering the battle of the SommeDown by the seahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06148800326418238027noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522710068688445614.post-35774008991118255362016-07-23T21:05:40.164+01:002016-07-23T21:05:40.164+01:00Very interesting Sarah, thank you...
gramswisewor...Very interesting Sarah, thank you...<br /><br />gramswisewords.blogspot.comgrams ramblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15627561019772248870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522710068688445614.post-8345264073351725732016-07-18T17:00:35.799+01:002016-07-18T17:00:35.799+01:00I've recently seen a film that suggests how ea...I've recently seen a film that suggests how easily that horrific war could have been avoided. Doesn't bear thinking about.<br />Amalia<br />xo<br />handmade by amaliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15589172037052603746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522710068688445614.post-8600215756331891232016-07-18T13:43:55.563+01:002016-07-18T13:43:55.563+01:00Thank you for this link,it contains so much inform...Thank you for this link,it contains so much information. Sarah xDown by the seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06148800326418238027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522710068688445614.post-54712794377486849742016-07-18T05:04:34.180+01:002016-07-18T05:04:34.180+01:00To see all the shrouds like this on the ground mak...To see all the shrouds like this on the ground makes one realize how many persons were killed – far too many, to die so tragically when they were so young. I enjoyed listening to Jim Carter – I love the sound of his voice and the poignancy of his words. I have looked at many sites on the net on the commemoration of the Battle of the Somme, but on French sites. I just went back to one and it is also in English, here it is: http://www.somme-battlefields.com/ . I used to stay at my cousin’s great grandmother when I was a child. Her son, or my cousin’s great uncle had died in WWI. His mother talked about him often and missed him so much. Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522710068688445614.post-7877196848995711122016-07-16T03:04:03.750+01:002016-07-16T03:04:03.750+01:00The history is interesting...all those wars and ba...The history is interesting...all those wars and battles. A thoughtful post...<br />Love from TittiHWIT BLOGGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06851355663006106726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522710068688445614.post-69797501589052103972016-07-15T00:29:05.049+01:002016-07-15T00:29:05.049+01:00To answer your question, yes my husband's gran...To answer your question, yes my husband's grandfather in the first world war and my husband's father in the second world war. My father-in-law learned how to smoke during that war and died later with emphysema duo to smoking. Great memorial with the figurines and indeed sad. Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795340509123902948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522710068688445614.post-34831228029638913462016-07-13T07:56:34.838+01:002016-07-13T07:56:34.838+01:00This is great. We are going to visit friends who l...This is great. We are going to visit friends who live in Normandy this year and they are going to give us the battlefield tour around that area, I'm really looking forward to it as so many of our friends have been over there and say how moving it is xClairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18308283886291160625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522710068688445614.post-68743816472880652902016-07-12T22:45:22.406+01:002016-07-12T22:45:22.406+01:00Thank you for pointing out that any facts are impo...Thank you for pointing out that any facts are important. I will add details for all the family of that generation. Sarah xDown by the seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06148800326418238027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522710068688445614.post-73150193013252206222016-07-12T21:59:39.669+01:002016-07-12T21:59:39.669+01:00I have only the little my mother told me. She was ...I have only the little my mother told me. She was four when he died - so her memories would have been from my grandmother.<br />It still fulfils the aim of that site - to record a life story for each person who died (or served) in that war.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522710068688445614.post-18371270508608973382016-07-12T19:28:49.279+01:002016-07-12T19:28:49.279+01:00An incredibly moving post. That installation reall...An incredibly moving post. That installation really brings it home.Handmade in Israelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05074180274102087566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522710068688445614.post-3604465893895424292016-07-12T14:09:25.465+01:002016-07-12T14:09:25.465+01:00What a moving post. The Shrouds event really broug...What a moving post. The Shrouds event really brought home the scale of the losses. My Great Grandfather died in 1914 at Ypres and his name is on the Menin Gate too. He had been a chef before signing up and my Nan was too young to remember him. Such a waste of so many lives.serendipityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554603552983182516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522710068688445614.post-66280366058493125632016-07-12T12:28:49.154+01:002016-07-12T12:28:49.154+01:00Oh you dear heart...I just saw that you and Tavi c...Oh you dear heart...I just saw that you and Tavi came to visit my blog. THANK YOU! You know, a few doors down, the neighbors have a little cairn terrier. I want to photograph her! Maybe I will and share her. Phoebe is her name!Castles Crowns and Cottageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01780241008313365707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522710068688445614.post-70358021135049456902016-07-12T01:36:08.663+01:002016-07-12T01:36:08.663+01:00Rob Heard's way of showing the terrible loss o... Rob Heard's way of showing the terrible loss of young lives is very moving. My husband's uncle died in the battle of Somme.Gerrie Mackeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14842933917017795753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522710068688445614.post-19781626205745188392016-07-11T22:57:21.864+01:002016-07-11T22:57:21.864+01:00Thank you for the link, I never heard any stories ...Thank you for the link, I never heard any stories of my grandfather's time in the war. It is good to record the stories before they are lost. Sarah xDown by the seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06148800326418238027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522710068688445614.post-21581944207456034122016-07-11T22:44:32.605+01:002016-07-11T22:44:32.605+01:00Dear Sarah - I am so pleased that you have shown t...Dear Sarah - I am so pleased that you have shown the Rob Heard installation here as I saw it on TV but the poignancy of it did not come across anything like the images that you have shown here.<br />My grandfather fought in WWI and although he returned home and was, as far as I know, uninjured he was a changed man, and I believe emotionally damaged.Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522710068688445614.post-9282435926442039662016-07-11T21:24:34.046+01:002016-07-11T21:24:34.046+01:00Thanks for your link. I also recently found this s...Thanks for your link. I also recently found this site<br />https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/ww1-life-stories<br />to which I plan to add what I can about my grandfather.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522710068688445614.post-76737803347533465532016-07-11T20:22:01.073+01:002016-07-11T20:22:01.073+01:00What a beautiful nostalgic post Sarah, I was parti...What a beautiful nostalgic post Sarah, I was particularly moved as I listened to Jim Carter. The figurines wrapped in a shroud are beautiful and poignant at the same time. It really brings home the enormous loss our country suffered that day. As far as I know I haven't lost anyone to WW1. I have also recently started researching our family tree and it is indeed fascinating! Thanks for sharing, you always post such interesting blogs! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00940714462495777436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522710068688445614.post-12518119626551603502016-07-11T19:21:53.592+01:002016-07-11T19:21:53.592+01:00The commemoration in Exeter looks very moving, as ...The commemoration in Exeter looks very moving, as were the other events on 1 July. Unfortunately I didn't see any 'ghosts' - there weren't any where I am. My grandfather was on the Western Front, but by the Somme he had been sent to the Salonika campaign. Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02792703802542843791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522710068688445614.post-73763133084028319942016-07-11T18:36:00.922+01:002016-07-11T18:36:00.922+01:00I sometimes think of those who survived and came h...I sometimes think of those who survived and came home after that war. There was no support or anything really known of "PTSD" but it must have been everywhere, for everyone, soldier and family. Those who came home had to survive with those awful memories, all alone. Oh, when will we stop killing? This was a very moving and poignant post: thank you.Libbyhttp://www.libbywilkiedesigns.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522710068688445614.post-81321565770998824932016-07-11T17:54:48.571+01:002016-07-11T17:54:48.571+01:00I remember once driving across the Somme in France...I remember once driving across the Somme in France and experiencing a very strange atmosphere. I suppose the feeling was my imagination but I couldnt help thinking about all those wasted lives.Philip Strangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270337174345527565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522710068688445614.post-71381916332620312152016-07-11T16:55:54.548+01:002016-07-11T16:55:54.548+01:00My mother's father, who'd emigrated from H...My mother's father, who'd emigrated from Hungary in 1906 to America, was on a ship on his way to Europe as a cavalryman when the war ended. He was 32 and might have had to fight his own countrymen if the war had ended. He married my grandmother two years later. They had six children, my mother being the oldest.<br /><br />Every December Antietam National Battlefield lights 23,110 luminaries to honor the soldiers that were killed, wounded or missing in our civil war on September 17, 1862. It was the most "bloodiest single-day battle" in American history. <br />Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17103364860587388726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522710068688445614.post-41962871704786004672016-07-11T15:12:04.602+01:002016-07-11T15:12:04.602+01:00It was such a tragedy. And so futile. In the late ...It was such a tragedy. And so futile. In the late 90s my husband and I were at the opening ceremony for the new visitor's centre at Vimy Ridge, a place where thousands of Canadians lost their lives in WW1. It was an incredibly moving experience. Seeing all those names carved on the monument was heartbreaking.kristieinbchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08620113214111945592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522710068688445614.post-76441192574134743922016-07-11T13:23:43.241+01:002016-07-11T13:23:43.241+01:00It is amazing that the First World War was only a ...It is amazing that the First World War was only a hundred years ago. It was such a grisly, horrific turning point where the old ways of war--throwing bodies against bodies--met mechanization and bodies didn't have a chance. Heartbreaking. It was supposed to be the war to end all wars and look where we are now. Still fighting away. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522710068688445614.post-62723960389612190182016-07-11T12:58:37.880+01:002016-07-11T12:58:37.880+01:00Dearest Sarah, good morning.
I had a wonderful p...Dearest Sarah, good morning. <br /><br />I had a wonderful poetry teacher here in Minneapolis who is from England, and her poetry is based on this very battle. Her way of writing is powerful, with references to this war. But as I see your images here, I am moved yet again, by seeing this very different display. I am used to seeing white crosses or Stars of David in a cemetery, but here, there are BODIES laid out....outlines of humans, outlines of white sucked from color. Powerful.<br /><br />Wishing you peace dearest Sarah.Castles Crowns and Cottageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01780241008313365707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522710068688445614.post-92056928930435691162016-07-11T07:03:01.915+01:002016-07-11T07:03:01.915+01:00What a moving exhibit.What a moving exhibit.Art and Sandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09070124859845536964noreply@blogger.com