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At the local FHS last month we had a speaker - all about researching your ancestors in WW2 - army records etc The chap was lecturing on local people from here in Wakefield and mentioned a 19yr old who died in a plane crash into the side of a mountain in Scotland. He died in Stirling Infirmary and is buried in a graveyard near my home town. I knew exactly where the grave was so I contacted my sister (mwah thanks our Jan) to go and take some pics. All I could think about was the poor lad being there - and wondering if his family ever managed to visit the grave. Got really weepy about it. Last week - on 24th Nov - was the 65th anniversary of his death - so went and lit candles for him. Does anyone else get moved by things like this????

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sheila Yes I do there is a monument up the mountain near TALY-BONT -ON -USK where a plane crash very bleak spot and a memorial has been erected to mark the spot a few friends went up there on rememberance weekend to lay a wreath They gave everything for us didn't they Howardxx

I don't think that'ssoppy at all. It just shows that you are a very compassionate person. I just like to think that someone in France does that for my husbands Grandfathers both gave their lives for others.

No, not soppy at all - just shows that you have feelings and emotions. It's an incredible story. Mandy x

hiya sheila, you know it took 50 yrs, the national archives, and the tinternet to get a piccy (only one i have) of my late dad . a ww2 merchant seaman, god bless him , tears springing to my eyes x

No your not soppy Sheila Ive met you and Im like that as well we lit candles in the church I showed you , I know you are a compassinate lady nothing wrong with that lovely qualities. Davex

She, You are not a soppy m\are, you are a person with feelings, I get like that too. Thank goodness for people like you, Mandy. and Dave June xx

That's lovely Sheila. I'd have done the same myself and am quite happy owning up to being soppy! Daisy

Not soppy at all. What this world needs is more and more people who feel compassion for others and who make an effort to put things right. If things like this cannot touch us, what kind of person are we? There but for the grace of God........

I'm always moved to tears at the Remembrance service at our town war memorial. After all the official wreaths have been laid there is always a personal tribute from a local man in memory of his father, who died in 1917........ It brings it home to us that those who were bereaved suffered so long, - and still do.

Hi Sheila, I was lucky enough to be on holiday in Tobago this spring and on a trip out visited a fort on a hillside where there was a solitary grave of an English officer in his late twenties. I spent a few quiet moments there while my famly and friends muttered 'You know what she's like when she sees a grave!!' I took a photo which didn't come out, sadly, but this soldier has a brilliant view!

That was very thoughtful of you. I think when we become mums these things seem to hit home a lot harder than when we are younger, no you arent a soppy mare, you are compassionate.