We Will Remember Them...

[10ClarionSt]

When you go home, speak of us and say:
For your tomorrow, we gave our today.

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.
We will remember them.

[Bobbisox1]

That’s lovely 10c

[emmie]

will be remembering them for sure.

[10ClarionSt]

Thanks folks. I'll be marching at The Cenotaph in London this Sunday. I'll have my cap on in memory of all the men lost on HM Ships Glorious, Ardent and Acasta, plus my uncles' medals and a poppy to remember all of the fallen.

[emmie]

made me weep......

[naomi24]

Nice post Clarion.

[seekeerz]

Beautiful Ode, a tribute to the fallen.

[carolegif]

Lovely words, I always remember my grt uncle, a distant cousin who was forgotten and my grandfather who died in 1945, from his WW1 injuries, before I was born, but my Nan and Mum always talked about him.

[roopower]

We will remember them. Beautiful words always bring a lump to my throat.

[Togo]

I ask you to stand with me
For both the injured and the lost
I ask you to keep count with me
Of all the wars and what they cost
I ask you to be silent with me
Quietly grateful for our lot
As I expect you're as thankful as me
For the health and life we've got
I ask that you wish them well with me
All those still risking their all
And I ask that you remember with me
The names of those that fall
I expect that you are proud like me
Of this great nation of ours too
So enjoying all its freedoms like me
Support those upholding them for you
I hope that you are hopeful like me
That we'll soon bring an end to wars
So you'll have to stand no more with me
And mourning families no different from yours
'Til then be thankful you can stand with me
Thinking of those who now cannot
For standing here today with me
At least we show they're not forgot

Taking A Stand.
John Bailey.

[burlyshirley]

What a beautiful thread. I remember Mum saying she lost a distant cousin in the war and she had a photo of him in uniform in one of her albums, so remembering him today for Mum. Lovely verse Togo.

[Lie-in King]

Never forgotten.

[THECORBYLOON]

"Duty called and I went to war
Though I’d never fired a gun before
I paid the price for your new day
As all my dreams were blown away

Remember me
We all stood true as whistles blew
And faced the shell and stench of Hell
Now battle’s done, there is no sound
Our bones decay beneath the ground
We cannot see, or smell, or hear
There is no death, or hope or fear

Remember me
Once we, like you, would laugh and talk
And run and walk and do the things that you all do
But now we lie in rows so neat
Beneath the soil, beneath your feet

Remember me
In mud and gore and the blood of war
We fought and fell and move no more
Remember me, I am not dead
I’m just a voice within your head"

Remember me by Harry Riley

[ladybirder]

Beautiful 10c, Togo and CBL.
I lost an uncle who went off to fight and was never heard of again.

[evadora]

This morning I placed a cross and poppy at our village memorial for my great grandfather Private Townsend who never returned from the first war- loved and remembered. Also remembering my father who died whilst in service for the RAF in 1980.
To all those who gave their lives but have no memorial or grave - Thank you.

[Mamyalynne]

Always remembered with hearts full of gratitude.

[Bobbisox1]

I sat and observed the two minute silence feeling immense pride for those who fought for the freedom we enjoy today , I thought of my Dad a proud RAF veteran ,my grandfather who was in the Durham Light Infantry and of those who never came back

We will remember them

[Sqad]

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning’s hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die.

[evadora]

Sqad-I had tears running down my face reading that poem - it was read at my dad funeral when he was buried in the commenwealth grave cemetery in Berlin in 1980. He was allowd to be buried there as he was serving in the RAF at the time. That poem, the music from Nimrod and the Last Post on the bugle always make me cry. Still Thank you for the poem as it brings happy memories back to.

[10ClarionSt]

Thanks for all your replies and contributions, especially Togo and The CorbyLoon. Nice comments, remembering lost family.

I will not be wearing my dads' medals on Sunday. He was always very, very scornful of Remembrance Sunday. He would never talk about WW2, although he had been in the Royal Navy from 1937 to 1946. Whenever I asked him he would never talk about it. He just said "no". People say that lots of veterans were like that, but one other aspect to it is that of secrecy. Some were forbidden from talking about what they did. That might only be a minority, but it's another factor.

[10ClarionSt]

Squad, the poem Do Not Stand At My Grave is a comparitively new one, written in the 1980's by a woman from New Zealand. It's still a moving piece though. Thanks for posting