"the few" applies to ALL who served Britain during the Second World War Andy
I'm sure it seems to us, now that so few remain, that only a "few" took part - but at the time I'm sure it felt far from that. It was "total war" with just about everyone at the time, civilian was well as military, making some significant contribution (voluntarily or otherwise). Even my mother (6 years old at the time) had to give up her family to be 'evacuated' to strangers hundreds of miles from home.
These days, even during this pandemic, it's difficult to appreciate quite how lucky we really are.
"the few" applies to ALL who served Britain during the Second World War Andy
I'm sure it seems to us, now that so few remain, that only a "few" took part - but at the time I'm sure it felt far from that. It was "total war" with just about everyone at the time, civilian was well as military, making some significant contribution (voluntarily or otherwise). Even my mother (6 years old at the time) had to give up her family to be 'evacuated' to strangers hundreds of miles from home.
These days, even during this pandemic, it's difficult to appreciate quite how lucky we really are.
