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From my home on the outskirts of Brighton, I have just watched five replica First World War aircraft fly past. They are marking the funeral of Henry Allingham, the last remaining RAF veteran of WWI who died last week aged 113 [BBC News]. By coincidence, I cycled past his house at almost the exact time he passed away.
It was also a week that Harry Patch died aged 111, the last British survivor of the First World War trenches. [BBC News]
We owe it to these gentleman, and the friends that they left behind over 90 years ago, to make sure that we do all that we can to prevent the horrors of a World War happening again.
And it is difficult to perceive the pain these guys must have lived with for so long. My own Gran held painful memories of her brother never returning home for 90 years, even though she was just 3 years old when she last saw him alive.
Least we forget.
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