No flag raised on the Cenotaph for D Day anniversary

[scousemouse 10]

They probably thought t would offend some people.............

[Longcol 597]

3 minutes ago, scousemouse said:

They probably thought t would offend some people.............

Or it could be as previously stated - the cenotaph isn't managed by the council.

[Eccy Beach 11]

9 hours ago, Longcol said:

Or it could be as previously stated - the cenotaph isn't managed by the council.

Making this thread a non-story cooked up by The Star with assistance from some angry and ill-informed members of the public.

[Ridgewalk 97]

My father was on D Day +1, fought at the battle of Caen until the end of July, (I now know,) but he never spoke about the war. My grandfather died on the 1st day of the Battle of the Somme, that was tragic.

 

Harry Smith thé Barnsley born ex Serviceman who fought in WW2 and who died aged 95 two years ago talked of a " treacle nostalgia " that has taken over..

 

It was gratifying to see the British Legion separating themselves from  many of these extreme Right Wing groups who try to appropriate the history of wars and soldiers for their own cynical purposes