11am - 11/11 - Armistice Day in the Commonwealth.

tac · Nov 11, 2021

I was here this morning at 11 am - Old St Swithuns Churchyard, Old Weston, Cambs - to remember the the crew of a RCAF Hampden light bomber crashed on a training exercise on 23/3/42. Many thousands of fellow Canadians are buried all over the UK - as members of the Commonwealth they can lie near where they came back.

This photo was taken earlier that day in 1942 - Sgt Don Lindsey, W/Op A/G is on the right, the other crew member is one of the above.

Here are three of the four - taken by the other crew member -

and this is Don's niece - I got her over here for a memorial ceremony a few years back...

...and this is me this morning...................................

WAW44 · Nov 11, 2021

The symbolism of the red poppies has always been little different for me, and only grew more powerful once I learned of the meaning they have for the soldiers of the Commonwealth.