Thought for the Week from the Rev David Jones

I’m really feeling my age because my mother would have been a hundred years old this week! Born in Tumble in November 1911 she trained as a nurse in Llanelli Hospital and later in London. When war broke out she was eventually posted to Burma with the Queen Alexandra Nursing Co.

 

 

The ship in which she and other service personnel were travelling was torpedoed and the rescue effort diverted them to a port in North Africa. By some amazing coincidence my father happened to be stationed in that area. They had married at the outbreak of the war and like so many other young service personnel had, almost immediately been stationed to different parts of the word.

While they both survived, many more did not, and they always impressed upon me the importance of never ever forgetting those who had made the supreme sacrifice in the service of their country. That’s why remembrance is important.

The first World War saw a death toll of ten million service men as well as civilian casualties. During and after the Second World War many more died and wars continue to rage and precious lives are still being lost. This year is the 90th anniversary of the Royal British Legion and we honour the memories of all who died.

Those who serve today are also in our thoughts and prayers and they one day like our parents and grandparents will have their own stories to tell. Our hope is that theirs will be a happy ending and that a lasting peace will come to our troubled world when nation will speak peace to nation and learn of war no more.

Rev. David Jones

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