Remembering the missing.. (original) (raw)

Hi,

as this is the first xmas my sister will be without her husband, after nearly fourty years; my nieces, nephew; and grandaughter, without their (gran)dad, I thought I'd wish all of you who've lost a loved one a peaceful season of goodwill.

Also, yesterday, the BBC News Channel broadcast an interview with a veteran of WWII http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00pgvfp/HARDtalk_Fergus_Anckorn_World_War_II_veteran/

The blurb runs as follows :- 2009 saw the death of the last surviving British soldier who fought in the trenches in the First World War. The band of old soldiers who served in the Second World War is dwindling fast. Stephen Sackur talks to World War II veteran Fergus Anckorn, who was shot, survived a massacre and lived through three years in Japanese prisoner of war camps.

Let's remember all those who've lost soemone this year, as well as all those who have loved ones to remember at this time of year.

They will all be missed,
Ray Harley, Blairgowrie, Scotland.