Ill raise my glass to the three uncles I lost in the war, also to all the brave forces still fighting in every war zone.

weren't air raid sirens supposed to be sounded today in memory of !

I'm thinking of my beloved Grandad today. This is the first year he's not been with us for VE day as he passed away in March. He never spoke about his time in WWII and Grandma says he came back a different man, especially after his time in the far East.



For you Grandad, love and miss you loads x x

With regard the Far East campaign, I'm currently reading 'Nemesis' by Max Hastings.

Grandma says that the horrors that Grandad saw in the Far East don't bare thinking about. He was a Royal Naval Commander and was sent out there to release and rescue the Dutch that had been captured by the Japanese. One thing he did say was that what the Nazis did to the Jews was nothing compared to what the Japanese did to their enemies. Truly horiffic