Armistice Day

papa_smurf · 11-11-10, 07:09 AM

I payed my respect today at my local war memorial despite it raining and been VERY cold.

Lest we never forget

Jimbuna · 11-11-10, 07:17 AM

They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them

HunterICX · 11-11-10, 07:37 AM

May we never forget

HunterICX

krashkart · 11-11-10, 07:57 AM

Lest we never forget.

frau kaleun · 11-11-10, 08:49 AM

I saw a man this morning
Who did not wish to die;
I ask, and cannot answer,
if otherwise wish I.

Fair broke the day this morning
Upon the Dardanelles:
The breeze blew soft, the morn's cheeks
Were cold as cold sea-shells.

But other shells are waiting
Across the Aegean Sea;
Shrapnel and high explosives,
Shells and hells for me.

Oh Hell of ships and cities,
Hell of men like me,
Fatal second Helen,
Why must I follow thee?

Achilles came to Troyland
And I to Chersonese;
He turned from wrath to battle,
And I from three days' peace.

Was it so hard, Achilles,
So very hard to die?
Thou knowest, and I know not;
So much the happier am I.

I will go back this morning
From Imbros o'er the sea.
Stand in the trench, Achilles,
Flame-capped, and shout for me.

- Lt. Cdr. Patrick Shaw-Stewart, RNVR, 1888-1917

Written just prior to the battle of Gallipolli, which the author survived only to be killed in action in France two years later.

Oberon · 11-11-10, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by papa_smurf

I payed my respect today at my local war memorial despite it raining and been VERY cold.

Lest we never forget

Likewise, although they had the ceremony in the town hall. Always a sobering moment. One giant butchering machine the first world war, even though the Second World War would kill more people than the first, the first always seems the most dreadful of them all with the gas warfare, trench conditions and near stalemate conditions for the most part of the war.

However, the Christmas day armistices and the football matches played, they really, really hit home to me...I ponder how my great-granddad saw that time, he was quite the footie player, played for his regiments team IIRC. He was lucky, he made it out of both wars, my great grand-uncle didn't.

All those who have fought in war, any war, have my thoughts today, both the living, the dead and those they left behind.

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,788 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	I saw a man this morning Who did not wish to die; I ask, and cannot answer, if otherwise wish I. Fair broke the day this morning Upon the Dardanelles: The breeze blew soft, the morn's cheeks Were cold as cold sea-shells. But other shells are waiting Across the Aegean Sea; Shrapnel and high explosives, Shells and hells for me. Oh Hell of ships and cities, Hell of men like me, Fatal second Helen, Why must I follow thee? Achilles came to Troyland And I to Chersonese; He turned from wrath to battle, And I from three days' peace. Was it so hard, Achilles, So very hard to die? Thou knowest, and I know not; So much the happier am I. I will go back this morning From Imbros o'er the sea. Stand in the trench, Achilles, Flame-capped, and shout for me. - Lt. Cdr. Patrick Shaw-Stewart, RNVR, 1888-1917 Written just prior to the battle of Gallipolli, which the author survived only to be killed in action in France two years later.