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Nice touch Martin 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
9th Nov 2014 12:25 pm
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Very. and for me not noticing.
9th Nov 2014 12:27 pm
euangibson
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Yes,noticed that earlier....well done Martin,nice touch indeed "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
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9th Nov 2014 12:28 pm
euangibson
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Wife found this poem this morning.....
On a cold November Sunday morn, an old man sits a while
Looking though old photographs, he can’t help but smile
They’re all there, all the boys, with hair cut short and neat
Uniforms of khaki, strong black boots upon their feet.
They met as strangers but soon became like brothers to the end
Smiling at the camera, there could be no truer friends.
They all took the Queen’s shilling, went off to fight the hun,
Soon learnt the pain of loss once the fighting had begun.
So many never made it home, lost on foreign shores
Many more were injured and would be the same no more.
The old man’s eyes mist with tears as he remembers every face
Each of his fallen brothers and the killing which took place
He proudly dons his beret, his blazer and his tie
For today he will remember the ones who fell and died.
On his chest there is a poppy, a blaze of scarlet on the blue
He steps out into the cold, he has a duty he must do
Once at the cenotaph he stands amongst the ranks
Of those who marched to war and those who manned the tanks,
He bows his head in reverence, as the last post begins to play
And he wonders what will happen at the ending of his days
Will anyone remember? Will anybody care?
About the lads so far from home whose life was ended there?
I wish that I could tell him, that he should fear not
For this soldier and his brothers will NEVER be forgot
We owe a debt of gratitude that we can never pay
And this country WILL remember them, on each Remembrance day."Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
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9th Nov 2014 12:55 pm
Skynet
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Very emotive Euan
Your profile pic of the soldier at the grave was taken after the Battle of Pilkem ridge on 31st July 1917. The reason I know this is because I have been researching a Pte J Eilbeck of Kings Regt (Liverpool) he and 34 others of KR died that day and that photo was taken the day after. It is shown as one of a few photo's of that day.Dave
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Thank you very much for posting that.....I just liked the composition and poignancy of it,but to find its provenance adds extra meaning .....thank you "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
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9th Nov 2014 1:25 pm
ronp
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Nice touch Martin
&
Nice words Euan.
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9th Nov 2014 8:18 pm
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I can't take the credit, Steve (Woolmeister) did the D3 image and me the D4 one. Glad you like.06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
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9th Nov 2014 11:00 pm
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Captain Nick Medhurst would ask:
"What is the first rule when overlanding?"
I would Reply:
"Duratrac"
9th Nov 2014 11:10 pm
mcsimmo
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Nice one.Man with no D3 anymore, but cant leave the forum....how sad.
10th Nov 2014 8:09 am
Klinkhammer
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Nice touch
Loved the poem, expressed a sentiment many of us must feel.I'm to old to know everything......
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for me not noticing.
