Armistice Day
they were young, they were pals, 744,000 of them died
~
they shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old:
age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
at the going down of the sun and in the morning
we will remember them.
~
jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
lest we forget
Remembrance Sunday
at the 11th hour, on the 11th day, of the 11th month of 1918
the guns fell silent
The Third Battle of Ypres, also called the Battle of Passchendaele, was another of the horrific meat-grinders fought in Flanders Fields during the Great War.
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
between the crosses row on row
In England today is Remembrance Sunday, many of us will wear a poppy, and remember the 887,888 dead from the United Kingdom and her then Colonies.
This song is a poignant reminder of those days.
~
jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
The Guns Fell Silent
Ninety-Nine years ago today;
on the eleventh hour
of the eleventh day
of the eleventh month
in 1918
the guns fell silent
From Great Britain and it’s colonies 744,000 were killed in combat, or were missing in action, and 1,675,000 were wounded in the Great War ~ The War to End All Wars.
If I should die,
think only this of me,
that there’s some corner of a foreign field,
That is forever England.
~ Rupert Brooke
Jack Collier
JackCollier7@talktalk net
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