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Post by hawke on Nov 11, 2023 12:48:42 GMT
A particular day to recall those Yorkshire CCC players who lost their lives due to war.
Frank Milligan (Boer War) Major Booth (Great War) Fairfax Gill (Great War) James Rothery (Great War) Hedley Verity (WW2)
Also Richard Beckett was a Yorkshireman and cricketer who was killed in the Napoleonic Wars.
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Post by karma on Nov 11, 2023 14:05:43 GMT
Absolutely hawke. I'll shortly be going into today's sporting venue when there will be standing for those who can and time for all to remember these six and others who helped preserve our values and freedom to enjoy them.
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Post by newby on Nov 12, 2023 9:36:26 GMT
I know the 11th is the day and I always manage to find a quiet place at the appropriate time but it's the Sunday at the Cenotaph which really brings it home.
There's nobody left from that era now and naturally the personal stories have moved on to conflicts within living memory, even WWII is now only a memory for very few.
Whether they show it on TV or not today, when they play the last post I will see images of the Menin gates and the seemingly endless lines of white crosses. Other wars you can perhaps see a point or take a side, the Great War though shows the utter futility of all war.
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