90 Years Ago Today
Today, April 9 is the 90th anniversary of the battle of Vimy Ridge. Walk around South Walkerville and you will see many streets named after the battles of WW1where our soldiers turned us from a colony to a country.
My grandfather thankfully missed this war, but we lost two from my mother’s side. One in present day Namibia fighting for the South African Air force and one decorated posthumously for heroism while in the Royal Navy.
Now our finest are facing battle in Afghanistan. We can only hope that all can come home safe and sound. Though this is impossible, they know what they signed up to do and are doing it in a very professional way. Let them do for Afghanistan what our fathers did in Holland. The local regiment, Essex Scottish, played a large role in liberating the Dutch. My father told me stories of feeding the Dutch, not killing Germans. Let that be the story our troops tell their children, about how they helped the poor Afghans rebuild their country.
Please take a moment to remember our fallen heros and troops in Afghanistan. We may complain about how hard we have it today, but remember that our forefathers had the honor to live and die in muddy, rat infested trenches where death could come at any time. What we have to face is nothing compared to what these heroes went through.
