Tag Archives: Remembrance

My first Remembrance Service at Bushey Memorial

Posted on November 17, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

Due to Covid, Sunday was the first opportunity I have have had to attend the local Remembrance Sunday ceremony at 11am as it didn’t run last year so despite having moved almost 2 years ago, this was the first time … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, writing, WW1, WW2 | Tagged Armistice, Bushey Heath, Lest We Forget, Remembrance | Leave a comment

There but not there

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Last week whilst in the Sussex town of Arundel, I unexpectedly came across a very moving art installation. It is something I had heard about a few years ago and fleetingly throughout 2018 but for some reason had not expected … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, Religion and Faith, WW1 | Tagged Art, Arundel, Cathedrals, church, Lest We Forget, Remembrance, There But Not There, WW1 | 2 Comments

Alice Ayres – A Victorian Heroine

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

A few weeks ago I wrote on Postmans Park – The Memorial To Heroic Self-Sacrifice and I’d taken it upon myself to look some of the names whose valour has been memorialised her. At random I picked the unassuming sounding Alice … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, London | Tagged Alice Ayres, Borough Market, Cross Bones, Heroes, Newspapers, Postman's Park, Remembrance, Self Sacrifice, Victorian | 10 Comments

Giving a public speech when you hate public speaking or My Remembrance Sunday Reading

Posted on November 11, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

People say to confront your fears and they will recede. Well I can definitely say that this is not the case. I’ve always hated flying and I’ve flown 37 times. Flight 37 was every bit as terrifying as flight 27, … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, WW1 | Tagged Armistice, Introverts, Leavesden, Leavesden war memorial, Lest We Forget, Phobia, Poppy, Public Speaking, Remembrance | 9 Comments

They Called It Passchendaele

Posted on July 29, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

For the last three years or so, I have been post occasional extracts from my WW1 concise history book Lest We Forget, published by Endeavour Press of London. July 31st marks the centennial of yet another of the landmark actions … Continue reading →

Posted in history, writing, WW1 | Tagged First World War, Lest We Forget, Passchendaele, Remembrance, Tyne Cot, Western Front, World War 1, WW1, Ypres | 5 Comments

Missing Mam, 4 years on.

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

It’s now well over 4 years since I unexpectedly lost my mother and though I would very much like to say things have settled into a new normal, they really haven’t. Or if they have then the new normal really … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Opinion | Tagged Death, Depression, Grief, Mama, nostalgia, Remembrance, sadness, Susan Liddell | 9 Comments

Manchester Remembered Around The World

Posted on May 25, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

As the world remembers the atrocity in Manchester this week, I’d like to thank everyone for their emails to me in the last few days from around the world. In the same spirit, here are some photos of just a … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, News, Opinion, Photography | Tagged ISIS, Life, Manchester, News, Remembrance, Terrorism, Terrorists | 6 Comments

Remembering My Great Grandad Ernest Heard Who Died 100 Years Ago Today in Amarah, Iraq.

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

Today marks the 100th anniversary of one of the biggest moments in 20th century history, if not for many people, at least for myself and perhaps a few others. For on this day, January 25th 1917, my Great Grandad Ernest … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, WW1 | Tagged Amara, Amarah, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Death, history, Iraq, Lest We Forget, Mesapotamia, Private Ernest Heard, Remembrance, WW1 | 18 Comments

The Last Post

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

It is one of the most evocative and moving pieces of music and as with every year, The Last Post will be played all over the world on Remembrance Day but its origins had nothing to do with mourning. The … Continue reading →

Posted in history, WW1 | Tagged Armistice, Death, First World War, history, Lest We Forget, Life, Remembrance, The Last Post, war, World War 1, WW1 | 4 Comments

The Aberfan Disaster Remembered 50 Years On

Posted on October 22, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of one of the worst post-war disasters in Britain when on an ordinary October day, a quiet village in South Wales literally had the world fall in on them. The village of Aberfan sat beneath the … Continue reading →