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The Forgotten
The Forgotten
You, the forgotten,
Chindits, Gurkhas, Commonwealth
Fighting to the end
In the jungles of Burma.
Now you are the remembered.
[for Sergeant Major Kenneth Whiteley a Burma campaign veteran and my father]
Friday 15th August 2025 2:25 pm
Victory
Victory
Today
He had his head down
Holding his breath
So the snipers couldn’t hear him
Laying flat
In the Burmese dust
With the flies and mosquitos
From the green canopy
Hovering over him
Like Kamikaze
Today
He feasted on
Meagre rations
And drank a warm tepid water
Drawn from a dirty stream
Somewhere
Something exploded
And debris rain...
Thursday 8th May 2025 10:50 am
The Bayonet In The Shed [REPOST with audio]
I'm reposting this poem with the audio I recorded of it (as a song) to commemorate my father and the other soldiers who fought during WW2 in Asia - The Forgotten Army of Burma - for the 75th Anniversary of VJ Day
The Bayonet In The Shed
He put it there in forty nine,
in a woodworm riddled drawer,
wrapped it in a greasy rag.
A remnant from the war.
On top of it he laid h...
Friday 14th August 2020 4:14 pm
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