It wasn't just one death announced yesterday, it was two. The second poor lad was a Rifleman from 3 Rifles, and he was another volunteer TA guy - actually a policeman in the day job. May God rest their souls. Gone but not forgotten.
Can only think 'there but for the Grace of God go we'.
My friend and colleague from work sent a really positive message and her husband was a policeman in London during the horrendous rioting in the nineteen-eighties, and she said she was frantic with worry every time he went to work but often they were just sitting around waiting for things to happen. Wonder if that's what it's like for C. Surely to goodness they can't be active all the time. Saw sleeping soldiers on the news and they were literally just lying on their kit on the sandy rugged earth where once they stood, and they were completely spark-out despite the uncomfortable conditions and the enormous din surrounding them.
Please let them come home safely Lord.
Just been for a walk around our village and yet again am blown away by everyone's love and support for C. Called in at the local shop and the shopkeeper wanted to know the latest news, and then bumped in a dear friend and she gave a hug and said C was never out of her thoughts, then met my neighbours and despite being close we hardly ever see each other because of constraints of time, and they wanted an update. We are so fortunate to live in such a close knit community. I wonder if C knows how many people are routing for him and his colleagues back home.
See that all US officers have to read the 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' by TE Lawrence. It's the autobiography of Lawrence of Arabia and is regarded as a seminal piece of literature covering Arab practices and customs and provides an invaluable insight into the people we are working with and fighting against. My grandfather knew Lawrence and indeed he was killed in May 1935 on a motorcycle which was manufactured by a company my family were linked to. Lawrence rejected all the fame and adulation his exploits during the Arab revolt in Sudan provided him with and when he died he had resigned his commission and had served as a regular aircraftman in the RAF. I remember as a child seeing his headdress and opium pipe at my cousin's house and who would have thought my son would end up fighting in conditions so similar to those experienced by Lawrence at the start of the twentieth century. Wonder if C has read the 'Seven Pillars'.
Heard from H and he's working terrifically hard but still loves it. Not heard from R but just found a receipt for a holiday in the summer. No news from C and fellow soldier's Mum and I are really struggling just now. Guess everyone is.
Was going up to Nottinghamshire tomorrow but now on hold because more of the dreaded white stuff maybe on the way.
Speak soon. A soldier's Mum x
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