Every so often you see something that moves you to the core - and seeing this little note under one of the graves was such a moment. Nearly 4000 memorial graves may give you a sense of scale of the war but to trully appreciate the emotional depth of the loss, it just takes a simple note like this. The note was written recently. 60 years may have passed but somewhere out there, a women called Mary still deeply feels the loss of her loved one. True love never dies.
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A truly great photo of a touching scene. To imagine the loss of so many men for such a great cause, cannot be fathomed. My father was in WW2 and brought home many sad stories. He was a gunner on the U.S.S. Hornet.
My grandfather was also in the war - he was a British captain in Europe and North Africa. He had many stories to tell - but most of them were funny stories. He never spoke about the fighting itself - I think it was just too painful. He married my Gran during the war and they were happily married over 60 years. I just imagine that if he had been killed, maybe this would have been the kind of note my gran might have left on his grave.
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