Remeberance

In the post a few days ago there popped through door a letter from The Royal British Legion in it there was a wooden cross of remembrance. Catherine was asking about it and what it was for so I explained and asked her if she would like to place it in one of the war graves in Cottesmore and she said yes.

Although it is a long time until remembrance Sunday today after school we all headed out to Cottesmore with our little wooden cross. They picked the grave of Sergeant (553190) Anthony Greenaway a wireless operator/air gunner who died at the age of 18 on 17th June 1941 and we placed our little cross by his grave. I tried looking him up on the internet but there really nothing about him other that he was the son of Walter and Rosalyn Greenaway of Rugeley in Staffordshire. There was nothing about how he died or what he was doing when he died.

Emily was shocked at the ages of the people that died, the number of teenagers is relatively high especially among the members of the British forces.  Anthony Greenaway, after all, was only just over 5 years older than her when he died which Catherine pointed out. I explained what they were fighting for and why we remember them even now. What I rather liked about the grave they picked where the words at bottom of the stone which read "At the setting of the sun we will remember him". It wasn't quite sunset but he was remembered today.