Tag Archives: Veteran’s Day

We Will Remember Them

Posted on November 11, 2018 by Sherri Matthews

At the Eleventh Hour On the Eleventh Day Of the Eleventh Month We Thank You: Soldier, Walter Ridout (Battle of the Somme, 1916) Sergeant, Albert Edward Matthews (8th Royal Tank Regiment, El Alamein, 1942) Seaman, Stanley Matthews (Lost at sea … Continue reading →

Lest We Forget

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Sherri Matthews

Escaping the clamour filling news headlines and social media lately, I stood alone in my living room this morning at eleven o’clock to observe two minute’s silence. With the television on, as Big Ben chimed, cameras caught moments throughout the … Continue reading →

Posted in HIstory | Tagged Armistice Day, Bomber Command Memorial, British History, First World War, Green Park, hope, London, Peace, Rememberance Day, Second World War, Shrouds of the Somme, Veteran's Day | 111 Comments

We Will Remember Them

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

Today is Armistice Day which, on this 11th November, marks the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One. Today in London, a young cadet will plant the last in a sea of ceramic poppies in the grounds of … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs, Family Memoirs, HIstory | Tagged Armistice Day, Battle of the Somme, Family Life, Family Memoirs, HIstory, HMS Hood, London, Poppies, Rememberance Day, Veteran's Day, World War One, World War Two | 107 Comments

Let us Remember these Men at the Eleventh Hour

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Sherri Matthews

Today, at the 11th hour of this 11th day of this 11th month, the time the guns fell silent along the Western front in 1918 and an armistice was declared, the anniversary of the World War One armistice 95 years … Continue reading →