One of more than 600 hand painted poppies which were placed at Portland Naval Cemetery and at the Cenotaph for Remebrance Sunday and Armistice Day
I just had to write and share this, to say a big thank you to unknown person or persons.
This morning, Remembrance Sunday, my husband and I visited the Royal Naval Cemetery in Portland to pay respects to my husband’s brother who was drowned off Portland Harbour in a Royal Navy diving accident while serving in 1964.
As we passed through we noticed every grave had a hand painted poppy on a small stone.
We were so moved. No service but the cruise ships in the bay sounded their horns at 11am.
Whoever made these, you made my husband’s day.
ILENE WHITE
Preston, Weymouth
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