I met up with old friends still in my old Reserve unit last Sunday, which we call remembrance Sunday. They were mobilised and were with 3Para in Iraq. They were in the thick of it and OK but two others were badly wounded in the Chinook that was shot up. Call up of reserves is still going on and I might yet be called by my present unit.
Both my parents were in the RAF from 1940 right through.

We call today Armistice Day. A new memorial was unveiled in Hyde Park to honour Australian dead of both wars. Also this week a WW1 trench with several British dead was uncovered in Flanders. Dozens of remains get turned up by farming there every year.

Mary, I sing Gethsemane to the tune of Derwent Water Farewell. I will sing it tonight at our monthly sing at Benington, putting on an old gas cape and helmet for the occasion. Also Home Lads Home.

Rest for horse and man,
Keith.