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.
Charles Harold Jagger killed Oct 12/13 1917 Formally East Yorkshire Regiment Aged 20 Walton St Hull Rip young un
The Soldier If I should die, think only this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign field That is for ever England. There shall be In that rich earth a richer dust concealed; A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware, Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam, A body of England's, breathing English air, Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home. And think, this heart, all evil shed away, A pulse in the eternal mind, no less Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given; Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day; And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness, In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.
If any question why we died, Tell them, because our fathers lied. To all the lads who never became dads. RIP
I always think that not enough recognition is paid to all those who did not go overseas & lost their lives in conflict but instead those who remained home & lost their lives in the war effort.....the police, firemen, fire watchers, ARP etc...and of course those working in the factories producing the tanks, aircraft, munitions etc.......without them we would never have won the war & the combatant casualties would have been much worse
I've said it before but the older I become the more appreciative I am of people who sacrificed their lives in the defence of this country. Young men. 18, 19, 20. They didn't want to do it, but they did. And they died. And their families grieved. And continue to grieve. Reflect on that. Then tell me that the poppy is a political symbol. RIP.
Of course the poppy is in some ways a political symbol....it is a symbol that we live in a country where people are willing to give their lives to protect our country, it's values, the lives of it's people & the lives of people from the countries of our allies......it is a political symbol we should be proud to wear......what it is not in any way shape or form is a religious symbol
To me it's not political in the slightest. It's a symbol to recognise and remember those that lost their lives on both sides.
The General 'Good-morning; good morning!' the General said When we met him last week on our way to the line. Now the soldiers he smiled at are most of 'em dead, And we're cursing his staff for incompetent swine. 'He's a cheery old card,' grunted Harry to Jack As they slogged up to Arras with rifle and pack. But he did for them both by his plan of attack. . . . . Sigfried Sassoon
Battle of the Somme 420,000 British dead 200,000 French dead 500,000 German dead The name in the centre of the Poppy is 'HAIG' Never, ever, forget
Mother was on a bus in Hull at 11 yesterday Driver stopped the bus for the 2 minutes silence and an old chap with a poppy on his baseball cap went to the front of the bus and said a few words first Complete silence then continued their journey Wonderful
