I bet everyone on here has a similar connection. This is mine.
We've all either known, been, or perhaps raised, a 17 year old boy. Check the inscribed dedication on my mum?s uncle?s gravestone. How on earth did his parents decide what to inscribe on their 17 year old son?s gravestone after he bled out from leg wounds in a tent in France.
I noticed most of the dedications on the other gravestones were empty but didn?t think about why until today. Any parent will know how their child shines when you say ?well done? and you mean it. I can?t imagine having to inscribe it in stone.
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This was the first time anyone had visited Great Uncle Archie, it was on the 99th anniversary of his death. Granny was 14 when she lost her older brother. A family tragedy repeated millions of times across Europe.
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We've all either known, been, or perhaps raised, a 17 year old boy. Check the inscribed dedication on my mum?s uncle?s gravestone. How on earth did his parents decide what to inscribe on their 17 year old son?s gravestone after he bled out from leg wounds in a tent in France.
I noticed most of the dedications on the other gravestones were empty but didn?t think about why until today. Any parent will know how their child shines when you say ?well done? and you mean it. I can?t imagine having to inscribe it in stone.
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This was the first time anyone had visited Great Uncle Archie, it was on the 99th anniversary of his death. Granny was 14 when she lost her older brother. A family tragedy repeated millions of times across Europe.
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![Photo 22-03-2017, 11 56 53.jpg Photo 22-03-2017, 11 56 53.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/s1000rrforum/data/attachments/2/2184-4a1fb9f81842192af9afaf82b05e5b87.jpg)
![Photo 22-03-2017, 11 57 27.jpg Photo 22-03-2017, 11 57 27.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/s1000rrforum/data/attachments/2/2185-e8f38d7cf50d04e5df689bbf8ed383dc.jpg)