Lest we forget

We went to the remembrance service in Sandwith,  the service was moving and well attended in the gloom and the rain. A scene repeated in cities, towns and villages all over England
The memorial commemorates the 12 Sandwith men lost in the wars.
I like to visit churches on my travels and make a point of looking for the commonwealth war graves, easily identified with their Portland stone. The standard design bearing the regimental badge, name, rank, unit, date of death and age brings an equality to their memory.  The dedication from the family makes it personal.
They are not forgotten.

Extra is my Grandfathers soldier's service and pay book from 1942.
His badges,  Royal Artillery pin badge,  Guards Armoured division cloth badges and Bombardier badge (I think).
His unit was among the liberators of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945, impossible to imagine how people could do what they did and even that some later try to deny it ever happened.