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Old 24th Aug 2009, 11:12
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Wader2
 
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In today's uncertain world, were I to die in action, I would expect my remains to be recovered and returned to UK. Of times past I would have wanted to be buried with others in theatre that had also given the ultimate sacrifice.

Having visited a number of war and other graves in foreign parts these graves really bring a lump to the throat and have far more impact than a scattering of war graves at home.

To see the sweeping fields of grave markers in France or in Singapore brings home very forcefully the futility of war. To see the graves atop a hill on a Caribbean island, or the dead from Trafalgar laid to rest in Gibraltar, so far from home in some forgotten corner of some foreign land, is most moving.
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