Originally Posted by
langleybaston
I will not be celebrating Victory Langley
The thought occurs that, were there no costly victories in 1918 and 1945, we might be corresponding in German.
Fully agreed.
I for one will be at the local Memorial proudly watching my two boys marching in uniform with the Army Cadets. (I tried to steer them towards the Air Cadets like me, but kids are so stubborn...) As a family we will remember one Grandfather who as a Chief Engine Room Artificer just missed being torpedoed in Scapa Flow because he missed his train, and another who served in Portsmouth City Police during the Pompey Blitz. Both luckily survived to old age. (Looks like I'll be the only Airman in the whole family at this rate...)
(I landed in Basra for the first time in Feb 2008, a couple of days after Baz Bazwood was sadly killed. The MT section was very subdued but cracked on with the task. Per Ardua.)