Remembrance Sunday in Pontefract, the gathering has increased each year and this was the biggest in recent years. A chance for many to pay respect and for thoughts of loved ones and for those who put themselves in danger for us. After the act of remembrance at the War Memorial the service in St Giles was thought provoking, certainly for me.
On the walls in St Giles are memorial plaques for the casualties of the First World War (the "War to end all Wars") and in many cases for the next generation who went of to fight in the Second War (not so many of those who survived are left now to tell the tale but each and every one amazing in their own way.
Now we see a new generation who put themselves in harms way, the scale of casualties much less but every one a sad loss nonetheless and we can and should remember the acts of routine bravery displayed by people from our community.
Lest we forget is just as real now as it was 93 years ago!
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