We Shall Remember Them

Posted on November 11th, 2007 filed in Aberdare Town, Photos, War Memorial

As it is Remembrance Sunday today many people will have spent precious moments this morning at their local war memorial remembering those who have lost their lives in war.

This Blog includes photographs of War Memorials taken across Wales including photos from Aberdare, Llwydcoed, Hirwaun, Lampeter, Carmarthen, Merthyr Tydfil, Blaenrhondda and other places. With many more photos to follow including those from Cardigan, Aberystwyth, Fishguard and beyond.

Why Welsh War Memorials in an Aberdare Blog ? Good question. Perhaps it was the memories of walking on parade through Aberdare Town as a Cub Scout years ago. And being a part of a ceremony with such a serious purpose. The cold winds of the Autumn, the striking colours from wreaths, poppies and Standards, the fantastically old soldiers and the younger ones that seemed like giants especially those that barked parade orders, that eerie two minutes silence that seemed to last forever in the middle of Aberdare near the Cenotaph, and a lone bugler playing the Last Post and Reveille, echoing throughout Victoria Square…

They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning
We shall remember them