After the Silence
Nov. 11th, 2011 11:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
callmemadamNow that we've all shared the 11 a.m. silence:
A silk postcard from the First World War, made for the troops in France to send home. This says on the back, 'To dear Ada from Bert with love'. Bert was my husband's great uncle, who survived the war and was very old when I knew him. Like most of that generation, he never said anything about his experiences.
A silk postcard from the First World War, made for the troops in France to send home. This says on the back, 'To dear Ada from Bert with love'. Bert was my husband's great uncle, who survived the war and was very old when I knew him. Like most of that generation, he never said anything about his experiences.
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Date: 2011-11-11 11:17 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-11-11 11:29 am (UTC)The only person I knew who served in the first war was my great-grandfather. He had two missing fingers. He never talked about it either.
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Date: 2011-11-11 11:40 am (UTC)Yes, this is what makes the remembrance so special. Although it was so long ago, the fact that I knew my own Grandad, who fought in WW1, brings it all closer.
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