41 million casualties since the war began

John Condon among them, died like a man

He was only 18 when he met his demise

Ypres, Belgium he finally closed his eyes

 

We shall remember

 

He wasn’t the youngest to serve in this plight

In Serbia Momčilo Gavrić claimed that right

Promoted to corporal instead of being at school

At eight years old he was the armies fuel.

 

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Then there’s Sidney Lewis, A Surrey lad

Was twelve years old when in uniform he clad

Fought in the battle of the Somme, just a kid

Who knows what secrets he must have hid

Witnessing death from such a young age

Ghosts of the battlefield whom died so brave

Must haunt a man until he meets his grave

 

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Duke of Cambridge’s John Henry Parr

Was just seventeen when he died in Obourg

Shots from a rifle was the last noise he heard

Buried in the St Symphorien Cemetry, southeast of Mons

 

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Horace Iles aged fourteen was forced to fight

When a woman handed him a feather of white

Only two years later his life was the cost

When in the Somme he was brutally shot

 

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Thousands of children died through the war

These are just a few, but there are plenty more

Young men whom should never have died

Facing their foe across enemy lines.

 

We shall remember

 

They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn them

At the going down of the sun and in the morning

 

We shall remember

We Shall Remember