Remembering a Fallen Hero of WW2

[SUFC Forever]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...n-boy-youngest-hero-killed--aged-just-14.html

Watched this earlier on the news and it brought tears to my eyes.

RIP Reggie.

 

[Swiss Tony]

RIP Reggie Earnshaw,so young an age to die for king and country.

 

[Benfleet A1]

My father served with The Merchant Service as it was known thoses days. He always made jokes about what it was like because that was how he dealt with it but on occasion he told me some stuff that was horrible to listen to. Lets just say that going by some of the stories he came out with, that lad didn't die nicely and saw some terrible things before he did.

Brave beyond belief that a 14 year old want to do that. Can't imagine it happening today.

 

[OldBlueLady]

My father served with The Merchant Service as it was known thoses days. He always made jokes about what it was like because that was how he dealt with it but on occasion he told me some stuff that was horrible to listen to. Lets just say that going by some of the stories he came out with, that lad didn't die nicely and saw some terrible things before he did.

Brave beyond belief that a 14 year old want to do that. Can't imagine it happening today.

Absolutely, too busy playing on their Xbox or whinging cos they have no clean socks.

 

[canveyshrimper]

My father served with The Merchant Service as it was known thoses days. He always made jokes about what it was like because that was how he dealt with it but on occasion he told me some stuff that was horrible to listen to. Lets just say that going by some of the stories he came out with, that lad didn't die nicely and saw some terrible things before he did.

Brave beyond belief that a 14 year old want to do that. Can't imagine it happening today.

Got to agree with you. I'd advise anyone to see The World at War and the episode about the Atlantic Convoys which will bring home the whole horror of what the merchant men went through.

 

[Moody Blues]

My father served with The Merchant Service as it was known thoses days. He always made jokes about what it was like because that was how he dealt with it but on occasion he told me some stuff that was horrible to listen to. Lets just say that going by some of the stories he came out with, that lad didn't die nicely and saw some terrible things before he did.

Brave beyond belief that a 14 year old want to do that. Can't imagine it happening today.

My granddad served in the Merchant Service and would never tell any stories from his time during the war