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Saturday 7 June 2014

WALKING INTO THE SUNSET II


I think this particular photographic print sums it up perfectly. All these elderly Warriors are getting older, and walking off into the sunset.

I just hope that they, and their former young fallen comrades are never forgotten, and the younger generation grabs onto, and holds the torch and carries on.

The above photograph features former Royal Army Medical Corps soldier Tom Lyons (Tom is on the left, with the white hair and light coloured jacket).Tom was a medical orderly and ambulance driver. He was one of the first soldiers to enter and liberate Belsen Concentration Camp. Sadly Tom passed away in 2001. It was an honour and privilege to have known him.

I should also add that Tom assisted me a great deal with regards this photography project. A fine gentleman and a great loss to mankind.

Kensington Gardens, London, England.

From my The Normandy Veterans - Lest We Forget Project, 1998-2002.

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  1. Tony Payne9 June 2014 at 13:41

    The veterans of WWII are getting fewer every year, sad to think that very soon they will all be just memories and memorial tributes. I find it sad in some ways that so many veterans of D-Day never spoke about their experiences until recently. It's good to have these real life individual experiences recalled and documented for future generations.

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  2. Unknown9 June 2014 at 19:19

    Thank you for taking the time post a comment Tony. I agree with you entirely about what you say. I spent 4 years with the Hull & District Branch of the Normandy Veterans, travelling to Normandy with them and to locations all over England. The resulting project went on exhibition at many diverse venues between 2000 and 2004. You can see most of those photographs on here if you navigate back through the posts. One veteran once said to me: 'Those that saw the worst (infantry and other combat troops). Did not want to talk about, because it scarred them forever. The other non-combat troops perhaps were more willing to talk about it'. Thanks once again Tony.

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