On Monday Taylor kindly brought WW2 items to school to share with our class.
Taylor’s great grandad was a soldier during WW2. In 1941, he became a prisoner of War. In 1945, he returned home to his Army Base in Scotland with the items in the photos below.
Taylor told the class about each item and then in small groups we got to look at them up close.
Isla- I couldn’t believe the size of the bag used to take all of their belongings in. My suitcase to Kilbowie for 5 days was three times the size of soldiers’ bag.
Kali- The items were very old. It was amazing to look at them up close. I found out what a prisoner of war was and made me think about how that would have been?
Jordan- I felt really sad for Taylor’s great grandparents as they were separated for over six years. It made me think how bad it would be to be away from people I care about for such a long time.
Matthew- I thought the letters that Taylor’s great grandad sent to her great gran were extremely delicate and the handwriting was beautiful. I thought it was amazing that the prison camp that he was help him were very generous to let him communicate with his family. I would like to find out how the letter made it to Glasgow.
Wow! That was great of Taylor to share such precious memorabilia.
How wonderful, you are very lucky to have been able to see such treasures and what precious information I’m glad you all got so much out of it. I’m sure you understand why it’s important to have Remembrance Day.