Thank you.
Yes my father was a remarkable man, which I only realized some time after he died (when I was just 15). His father died in WWI when Dad was a baby. Before the war his father had been a fireman - and anchorman for the Carmarthenshire tug-of-war team. My father, and his three brothers and one sister, were brought up in some poverty by a single mother in a tiny cottage in a small village (less than 100 population) deep in the hills of Carmarthenshire. Despite what would appear to be these handicaps he gained a place in a local grammar school which his mother ensured he was able to attend (presumably at some considerable financial sacrifice). He then became the first boy from the village to go to university. It was his degree that enabled him to become an officer in the war.
So, I am very proud of him. But I am sure all of us are proud of our family members who served our country in the armed forces and who, if they are no longer with us, we will remember tomorrow.
