Mike Harding used to do a song about the truce - Dunno if he wrote it or not. Anyone got the words?

My Grandad was wounded twice in WW1 and each time sent back to the trenches. Once he was gassed and lost the sight in one eye but the more serious one was when he was shot through the neck and lost a good lump of the back of his tongue. I used to try and imagine what it must be like to go through things like that and then be sent back - Impossible to do for me I'm afraid:-(

Grandad used to say it was an awful time but most of his fond memories and best stories were of his friends and escapades during that particular spate of madness. His pride and joy was the civilian medal he got from the French for rescuing a little girl who had fallen down a well.

The mileage he got when wearing that medal was a joy to him. Every year during the Armistice day paarde some young officer would come up to him and tell him he was wearing his medal ribbon the wrong way round. he always had a good laugh pointing out that the French do tend to wear the colours blue, white and red:-)

Cheers

DtG