Sadly I didn't meet Benjamin.

I was given a commemorative brass poppy pin from my parents for my birthday and Benjamin is the soldier killed in action that the pin represents.

It is particularly poignant that I have a 19 yr old daughter.

I am unable to fully comprehend what it must have been like for a Teenager to have died in such horrific circumstances.

He will always be remembered with admiration and gratitude.

Rest in peace Benjamin.

I wear your pin with pride X

Judith Mallon