In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918) Canadian Army
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Sunday 11 November 2012
Photographs below taken from The London Mail on Sunday
Overseas: British soldiers, part of NATO's International Security Assistance Force, observe a moment of silence during a ceremony at a NATO base in Helmand province, Afghanistan
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Old soldiers Never Die
My heart is in my mouth today as I remember that attending Remembrance Day Services worldwide and seeing my father on parade was part of growing up.
Nice post as always
ReplyDeletevery touching, as I think of the self-less service so often given....
ReplyDeleteThis year was the first time for many that I didn't watch it - because it was actually the 11.11 I went down to our local parade.
ReplyDeleteI always used to go with my late father in law to the MOTH parade on the 11th Nov.
ReplyDeleteas so much else, 9/11, Apartheid and the Holocaust to mention but 3, we must NEVER forget.