On this day in 1945, Sub Lieutenant Ian MacFarlane lost his life aged 21, serving on a Motor Torpedo Boat (HMMTB 494) in the North Sea. His name is inscribed on the Naval Memorial in Portsmouth along with many others.
It is also inscribed on the Hillhead Church War Memorial which forms the Chancel today.
Having worked so hard to keep the roof over our heads, our attention was often drawn to the various names inscribed on the walls. Names which perhaps don't mean the same personally to those of us left , but nevertheless, names which help to tell the story of our own Community.
War is different now, men and nowadays women too, don't march off to other countries in quite the same numbers as they did in the past. But the effect on those left behind is surely still the same?
Perhaps too, the advances of modern science and medicine mean that more of those who come back need our help and support even more.
With the contraction of the Armed Forces in our present economic climate, it is even possible that those men and women who leave the Forces with redundancy packages may also need, at the very least our moral support.
Many are the Charities that have been set up to cater to these needs. Some we already know very well; Erskine and Poppy Scotland have been supported by KH for many years, there are others, new to us perhaps; Combat Stress, Help for Heroes, and SSAFA Forces Help, to name but a few.
There is one thing they all have in common;
They care!
And So Do We!
Let us not forget.
It is also inscribed on the Hillhead Church War Memorial which forms the Chancel today.
Having worked so hard to keep the roof over our heads, our attention was often drawn to the various names inscribed on the walls. Names which perhaps don't mean the same personally to those of us left , but nevertheless, names which help to tell the story of our own Community.
War is different now, men and nowadays women too, don't march off to other countries in quite the same numbers as they did in the past. But the effect on those left behind is surely still the same?
Perhaps too, the advances of modern science and medicine mean that more of those who come back need our help and support even more.
With the contraction of the Armed Forces in our present economic climate, it is even possible that those men and women who leave the Forces with redundancy packages may also need, at the very least our moral support.
Many are the Charities that have been set up to cater to these needs. Some we already know very well; Erskine and Poppy Scotland have been supported by KH for many years, there are others, new to us perhaps; Combat Stress, Help for Heroes, and SSAFA Forces Help, to name but a few.
There is one thing they all have in common;
They care!
And So Do We!
Let us not forget.
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