Anzac Day

At the foot of the alps an hour south of Munich near Lake Tegernsee is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery. On Anzac Day, it seemed a suitable gesture on our part to visit the graves of the 2934 British, Australian, New Zealand, Canadian, Indian and Polish soldiers and airmen therein.

We were struck by the ages displayed on the headstones. It is sobering to think that I have lived the equivalent of three liftimes of many of the lost servicemen. 

It was a near-perfect, bird twittering, sunny early Spring day. In this place, it highlighted what is normally a half forgotten mixture of emotions relating to the bleak brutality and unfairness of war. By chance we have missed any first hand experience of this. It would seem to be important not to forget that the servicemen here did not share that same good fortune.