On
the 11th
of November at 11 am in 1918 the guns fell silent signalling the end
of the “War to end all wars”.
Unfortunately,
as we are all acutely aware , the end of WW1 which cost the lives
of an estimated 16 million people, was not the final conflict
that mankind would enter into.
As it says
in the Bible Matthew 24:6
“And
ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not
troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not
yet.”
WW
2 was even more deadly putting paid to 60 million lives globally
which was 2.5% of the population of the earth. Since then there have
be many conflicts which have involved British and Commonwealth
servicemen and women.. Some of the more recent Iraq and Afghanistan
are conflicts in which British troops have ,and still are in the case
of Afghanistan, been needlessly sacrificed in the interests of
capitalism , in particular American capitalism !
That
said we should never forget the sacrifice of our troops in wars and
conflicts around the world . We must be deeply grateful to the men
and women who gave their to-day for our tomorrow.
As Remembrance
Sunday approaches I reflect on the many members of my own family, and indeed close personal friends, who
over the years have served, fought and died under the colours.
DEPICTION OF THE MEN OF THE 36TH
ULSTER DIVISION GOING OVER THE TOP
I
can’t even begin to imagine the feelings of terror of young men
standing in a muddy trench, bayonets fixed awaiting the whistle and
the command “Over the top” which meant almost certain death !
My
Great-grandfather, serving with the 36th Ulster Division,
along with two of his brothers did just that at the Somme in 1916.
His brothers fell dead beside him during the battle. My
Great-grandfather wasn’t much more than 16 or 17 years old.
Anger,
unsurprisingly, wells up in me when I witness Islamic colonisers
burning the poppy, our symbol of remembrance, on the streets of
London , or daubing graffiti on cenotaphs and being allowed to do
so!
No better either, the left wing extremists of UAF (Unite Against
Fascism) who desecrated floral tributes to Lee Rigby recently, or
spoiled middle class students who urinate on war memorials !
We
have unrepentant IRA, (those who perpetrated the Poppy Day massacre in Enniskillen in 1987), terrorists in government in Northern Ireland and
a constant republican campaign to ban the wearing of the poppy.
Is this the nation fit for heros my Great-grandad fought for and his brothers died for ?
Is
this what my Great- uncle John burned in a tank for at El Alamein
for? Is this the country my Great-uncle Jonny ,who suffered in a
POW camp in Burma, would have been proud of ?
Fortunately
there are people like us in the British National Party who remember
and revere those who fought and died for our country, and respect
those who serve in our armed forces to-day. We will carry on the
fight to protect our British culture and heritage no matter what because
we owe it to the memory of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice.
As
I stand at the cenotaph on Sunday head bowed , wreath in hand, I will
be , in my head, reciting the famous poem by the Canadian Lt Col John McCrae
(1872-1918)
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning we shall remember them!
