12/11/2025
💔My Great Uncle Ralph was just 21 years old when he was gunned down early in WW2 .
He had volunteered , like thousands of brave young men , to be a Rear Gunner , scanning the skies for enemy fighters and giving crews precious minutes to make decisions .
My Mum says her Dad , my Grandfather who I never met , was a Stoker , he was meant to be on the doomed HMS Edinburgh but was relocated at the last minute , this saved his life . Sadly he passed away when my Mum was only 19 , from cancer . I was born a few years later .
We must never forget the ultimate sacrifice made ❤️🌺