11 11 11 ARMISTICE DAY

asomotif · 10th November 2011, 10:44 PM

hear hear !

"Their name liveth for evermore".

Iain · 11th November 2011, 12:11 AM

At home in Canada this poem is a tradition on this Day of Remembrance.

"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."

VANDOO · 11th November 2011, 01:48 AM

A PARTICULLARY TERRIBLE WAR WITH THE REEKING BLOOD FILLED TRENCHES AND POISON GAS, BUT THEN THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A GOOD OR NICE WAR.
THE WW1 VETS ARE ALMOST ALL GONE NOW THE LAST FEW WERE AROUND 110 YEARS OLD. I REMEMBER TALKING TO A FEW WHEN I WAS A KID AND SOME WERE IN VERY BAD SHAPE EVEN THEN AS SOME HAD BEEN GASSED.
WE ALL OWE THESE WARRORS A DEBT OF GRATITUDE AS THEY MADE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE AT GREAT PERSONEL SACRIFICE IN THE PAST AND TODAYS WARRIORS STILL DO.

Pukka Bundook · 13th November 2011, 02:30 PM

Vandoo,

Back home in England as a bairn, one would see these old lads sitting on park benches in awful shape as you say,....gassed, bits missing, deaf as posts very often.
In a way, I think the "lucky" ones were the ones to be snuffed outright.
I often think of my Grandma's brother Will, (Gunner, RFA& RHA) killed in 1918.
He didn't grow old, so is remembered as he was, not a frail old chap.
We have 3 laid in France, and one still on-board HMS Hood, from round 2.

"Age shall not weary them, or the years condemn...." seems most fitting.

10th November 2011, 10:44 PM	#1
asomotif Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,235	hear hear ! "Their name liveth for evermore".

11th November 2011, 12:11 AM	#2
Iain Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Olomouc Posts: 1,717	At home in Canada this poem is a tradition on this Day of Remembrance. "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."

11th November 2011, 01:48 AM	#3
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	A PARTICULLARY TERRIBLE WAR WITH THE REEKING BLOOD FILLED TRENCHES AND POISON GAS, BUT THEN THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A GOOD OR NICE WAR. THE WW1 VETS ARE ALMOST ALL GONE NOW THE LAST FEW WERE AROUND 110 YEARS OLD. I REMEMBER TALKING TO A FEW WHEN I WAS A KID AND SOME WERE IN VERY BAD SHAPE EVEN THEN AS SOME HAD BEEN GASSED. WE ALL OWE THESE WARRORS A DEBT OF GRATITUDE AS THEY MADE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE AT GREAT PERSONEL SACRIFICE IN THE PAST AND TODAYS WARRIORS STILL DO.

13th November 2011, 02:30 PM	#4
Pukka Bundook Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 803	Vandoo, Back home in England as a bairn, one would see these old lads sitting on park benches in awful shape as you say,....gassed, bits missing, deaf as posts very often. In a way, I think the "lucky" ones were the ones to be snuffed outright. I often think of my Grandma's brother Will, (Gunner, RFA& RHA) killed in 1918. He didn't grow old, so is remembered as he was, not a frail old chap. We have 3 laid in France, and one still on-board HMS Hood, from round 2. "Age shall not weary them, or the years condemn...." seems most fitting.