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10th November 21, 02:29 PM
#1
11/11/1918 - 11/11/2021
Last edited by Bruce Scott; 10th November 21 at 02:41 PM.
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10th November 21, 05:55 PM
#2
 Originally Posted by Bruce Scott
They shall never grow old ....
Those ancient U Nialls from Donegal were a randy bunch.
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10th November 21, 06:12 PM
#3
We shall keep the faith
Oh! You who sleep in Flanders' Fields
Sleep sweet - to rise anew;
We caught the torch you threw,
And holding high we kept
The faith with those who died.
We cherish, too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led.
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies.
But lends a lustre to the red
On the flower that blooms above the dead
In Flanders' fields.
And now the torch and Poppy red
Wear in honour of our dead.
Fear not that ye have died for naught:
We've learned the lesson that ye taught
In Flanders' fields.
-Moina Michael
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11th November 21, 01:34 AM
#4
Let us also remember those who have no known grave.
“Lest we forget.”
Last edited by Jock Scot; 11th November 21 at 01:36 AM.
" Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the adherence of idle minds and minor tyrants". Field Marshal Lord Slim.
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11th November 21, 09:40 AM
#5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfzJ8UBr-c0
To all my fellow US veterans we stand a little taller today as we remember those who went before us and paid the ultimate sacrifice. I hope the above link works it is the great Johnny Cash doing ragged old flag. To all my fellow veterans " we did good" enjoy our day.
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11th November 21, 08:12 PM
#6
Originally Posted by Jock Scot
Let us also remember those who have no known grave.
“Lest we forget.”
Look to the Menin Gate. Look to the Vimy Memorial. Their names are there by the tens of thousands. Their remains are the rich soil of France and Belgium.
Those ancient U Nialls from Donegal were a randy bunch.
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12th November 21, 01:57 AM
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My family have two names amongst the missing, one on the Thiepval Monument and one at Kohima. I, with the help of the South Staffordshire Regimental museum was able to find the nearest 10 acres in France, where one our chaps might be. The museum were able to be pretty exact in this case as they had a fairly accurate map reference of where an “incident” took place. My wife and I have visited the spot and left a poppy attached to a convenient fence post. It seemed appropriate as the fence line was made of WW1 metal fence posts tidied up from the battle field after the war ended. Being a farmer I am happy for him to rest there assisting with the growing of the crops.
As to the other chap? There is no trail to follow, I imagine somewhere amongst the jungle flora and fauna there is a tree growing that is just that wee tad bigger and a wee tad greener than the others . It helps....a bit.
Last edited by Jock Scot; 12th November 21 at 02:18 AM.
" Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the adherence of idle minds and minor tyrants". Field Marshal Lord Slim.
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10th November 21, 06:06 PM
#8
Originally Posted by Bruce Scott
Thank you for this. I’m planning on reading it out loud at the eleventh hour my local time on Thursday. Lest We Forget.
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