Last WWI combat veteran Claude Choules dies aged 110

Started by Megamatman, 05 May 2011, 08:24:18 AM

Previous topic - Next topic
Print
Go Down Pages1
User actions

Megamatman

05 May 2011, 08:24:18 AM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13289607

A very sad day.  :( We must never forget all those who gave their lives for their country and we must never stop learning lessons from history. R.I.P Claude Choules
Megamatman

CorvetteK225

06 May 2011, 12:02:56 AM #1
Yes, this is a very sad day. It was easy to see the day coming (110 y.o. is no longer a youngster), but definitely not sought by any who understand the sacrifices made by his generation. Mr Choules was a living reminder of it all and will be sorely missed.

David

Luddite

06 May 2011, 01:04:12 AM #2
At the going down of the sun we will remember them.
http://www.durhamwargames.co.uk/
http://luddite1811.blogspot.co.uk/

"It is by tea alone i set my mind in motion.  It is by the juice of Typhoo my thoughs acquire speed the teeth acquire stains, the stains serve as a warning.  It is by tea alone i set my mind in motion."

"The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules." - Gary Gygax
"Maybe emu trampling created the desert?" - FierceKitty

2012 Painting Competition - Runner-Up!

"I have become inappropriately excited by the thought of a compendium of OOBs." FSN

Nosher

06 May 2011, 07:19:58 AM #3
'Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burdens well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell.'

I don't think my wife likes me very much, when I had a heart attack she wrote for an ambulance.

Frank Carson

commission

06 May 2011, 07:22:25 PM #4
3 cheers for Claude and all of those who have stepped forward when called.
Hip, hip, hooray
Hip, hip, hooray
Hip, hip, hooray

Luddite

11 May 2011, 10:45:23 AM #5
Soon, noone will march there at all...


http://www.durhamwargames.co.uk/
http://luddite1811.blogspot.co.uk/

"It is by tea alone i set my mind in motion.  It is by the juice of Typhoo my thoughs acquire speed the teeth acquire stains, the stains serve as a warning.  It is by tea alone i set my mind in motion."

"The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules." - Gary Gygax
"Maybe emu trampling created the desert?" - FierceKitty

2012 Painting Competition - Runner-Up!

"I have become inappropriately excited by the thought of a compendium of OOBs." FSN
User actions
Print
Go Up Pages1