
Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 1 of 15 Tue 11th Nov 2014 2:11am Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:3477 ![]() |
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TonyS Coventry All posts by this member | 2 of 15 Tue 11th Nov 2014 8:10am Member: Joined Jan 2011 Total posts:1549 |
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Wearethemods Aberdeenshire All posts by this member | 3 of 15 Tue 11th Nov 2014 8:52am Member: Joined Jun 2013 Total posts:476 A poem worth reading for the 11TH
He was getting old and paunchy
And his hair was falling fast,
And he sat around the Legion,
Telling stories of the past.
Of a war that he once fought in
And the deeds that he had done,
In his exploits with his buddies;
They were heroes, every one.
And 'tho sometimes to his neighbours
His tales became a joke,
All his buddies listened quietly
For they knew where of he spoke.
But we'll hear his tales no longer,
For ol' Joe has passed away,
And the world's a little poorer
For a Soldier died today.
He won't be mourned by many,
Just his children and his wife.
For he lived an ordinary,
Very quiet sort of life.
He held a job and raised a family,
Going quietly on his way;
And the world won't note his passing,
'Tho a Soldier died today.
When politicians leave this earth,
Their bodies lie in state,
While thousands note their passing,
And proclaim that they were great.
Papers tell of their life stories
From the time that they were young
But the passing of a Soldier
Goes unnoticed, and unsung.
Is the greatest contribution
To the welfare of our land,
Some jerk who breaks his promise
And cons his fellow man?
Or the ordinary fellow
Who in times of war and strife,
Goes off to serve his country
And offers up his life?
The politician's stipend
And the style in which he lives,
Are often disproportionate,
To the service that he gives.
While the ordinary Soldier,
Who offered up his all,
Is paid off with a medal
And perhaps a pension, small.
It is not the politicians
With their compromise and ploys,
Who won for us the freedom
That our country now enjoys.
Should you find yourself in danger,
With your enemies at hand,
Would you really want some cop-out,
With his ever waffling stand?
Or would you want a Soldier
His home, his country, his kin,
Just a common Soldier,
Who would fight until the end.
He was just a common Soldier,
And his ranks are growing thin,
But his presence should remind us
We may need his likes again.
For when countries are in conflict,
We find the Soldier's part
Is to clean up all the troubles
That the politicians start.
If we cannot do him honour
While he's here to hear the praise,
Then at least let's give him homage
At the ending of his days.
Perhaps just a simple headline
In the paper that might say:
"OUR COUNTRY IS IN MOURNING,
A SOLDIER DIED TODAY."
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Pauline H Hampshire All posts by this member | 4 of 15 Tue 11th Nov 2014 9:32am Member: Joined Jan 2014 Total posts:34 Thank you wearethemods what a lovely and true that poem is.. |
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Blueleader Coventry All posts by this member | 5 of 15 Tue 11th Nov 2014 9:49am Member: Joined Jul 2014 Total posts:51 Brilliant poem! Ric Osborne |
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morgana the secret garden All posts by this member | 6 of 15 Tue 11th Nov 2014 10:58am Member: Joined Nov 2011 Total posts:1932 Wonderful poem Wearethemods, sadly so true thanks.
The Green Fields Of France: youtu.be/ntt3wy-L8Ok
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 7 of 15 Tue 11th Nov 2014 11:59am Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5606 Some images from a very special place
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TonyS Coventry All posts by this member | 8 of 15 Tue 11th Nov 2014 1:54pm Member: Joined Jan 2011 Total posts:1549 Beautiful photographs Cliff, thank you for posting |
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Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member Thread starter | 9 of 15 Tue 11th Nov 2014 2:00pm Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:3477 A big THANK YOU from me too. We will always be indebted to our fighting forces no matter where they serve. |
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Wearethemods Aberdeenshire All posts by this member | 10 of 15 Tue 11th Nov 2014 2:04pm Member: Joined Jun 2013 Total posts:476 Very poignant Cliff. Thanks for posting On a similar vein November 14th next year will be the 75th Anniversary of the first wholescale Blitz on the City of course |
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Kaga simpson Peacehaven, East Sussex All posts by this member | 11 of 15 Tue 11th Nov 2014 3:45pm Member: Joined Sep 2014 Total posts:3789
Midland red, Your second photo 'Pegasus'
Could you please tell me where the monument stands, and when placed there? Thank you Kaga. |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 12 of 15 Tue 11th Nov 2014 5:08pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5606 I take it you realise that The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Memorial is at The National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire?
On that assumption, I take it you wish to know the location within the site - it is marked with the yellow circle on this Google View
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Kaga simpson Peacehaven, East Sussex All posts by this member | 13 of 15 Wed 12th Nov 2014 9:30am Member: Joined Sep 2014 Total posts:3789 Midland red, thank you for that,
No I had no idea, every time I try to find out it comes up with Duxford.
I have been to the Arnhem one in Holland, and the old museum at Aldershot
neither can I find about re-unions, as you can guess I'm knew to this computer
and struggling but I'll get there, thanks again Kaga. |
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pixrobin Canley All posts by this member | 14 of 15 Wed 12th Nov 2014 12:08pm Member: Joined Mar 2014 Total posts:1103 Perhaps this is what you are looking for Kaga
Paras Reunion
Apologies to John Bishop as copied from his posts |
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Helen F Warrington All posts by this member | 15 of 15 Wed 12th Nov 2014 3:42pm Moderator: Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:2609 Thanks Midland Red. My Uncle is commemorated in Staffordshire. His plane crashed just after the war was over and it's fitting that those who died when supposedly it was all over are remembered too. |
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