No one should go where a soldier must go
And know what a soldier must know.
No one should see what a soldier must see
And live with the memory.
And so with the arrival of November,
It should be that we too must remember.
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Tom, Keith and TC - thanks for your comments.
My own family has a military history: a great-grandfather
who survived a Royal Artillery career in Victoria's army;
a father and his first cousin (the latter killed by enemy action); a maternal uncle (killed by enemy action), and a
brother who still lives. It is to the nation's credit that we
do not forget - and Keith, I agree 100% with your comment
about being paid a proper pension that recognises the
service and sacrifice demanded of our armed forces.
Well said M.C. - A very poignant reflection. My son is a serving soldier - 10 years service. Leaving in 6 months - Still in one piece - Give thanks. Never forget those that have fallen. T ?
MC.,
Thank you for this poem. Instead of countless and endless remembrance services would it not be more befitting of a grateful nation to pay our ex serviceman a decent military pension to show real gratitude? I served in the Army for ten years and was awarded the DSM. I receive a pension little more than a Job Seekers Allowance.
Thank you
Keith
Nothing to say just so sad so many young men lost..?
Thanks Brian and WM. The collective remembrance is
important even as the individual connection, personal or
"relatively" speaking, should and must be a matter for those more immediately concerned.
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Wed 31st Oct 2018 15:13
Nice simple sentiment MC.
Every year I am at Worcester Cathedral cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday. I don't have any direct connections to the armed forces but it's my way of paying homage...to the unknown soldier if you like.
Some on WOL have been critical of those who do this. I can't think why. Would they rather that we just forget it?
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keith jeffries
Wed 31st Oct 2018 22:02
MC.,
An apology. Job Seekers get more per week than ex servicemen do in their pensions. Perhaps I should have stayed at home.
Still a good poem
Thanks
Keith