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2015-01-25 -Obits-

Tributes as the last soldier injured in the Falklands War is laid to rest

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Posted by Bright Pebbles 2015-01-25 09:23|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 The National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire, UK
"We Will Remember Them"

They went with songs to the battle, they were young. Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted, They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not 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.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again; They sit no more at familiar tables of home; They have no lot in our labour of the day-time; They sleep beyond England's foam.
~ Binyon

Posted by Besoeker 2015-01-25 12:36|| 2015-01-25 12:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Falklands and Grenada were small wars that don't get much attention, which is a real shame. They were both as significant as any single battle during WWII.

Posted by Iblis 2015-01-25 17:49|| 2015-01-25 17:49|| Front Page Top

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