Remembrance, Reverance and Respect

Commonwealth War Graves Boulogne-Sur-Mer

“If I should die, think only this of me: 
That there’s some corner of a foreign field 
That is forever England. There shall be 
In that rich earth a richer dust concealed;”                                                                 Rupert Brooke – ‘The Soldier’

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3 responses to “Remembrance, Reverance and Respect

  1. In this the 100th anniversary of the start of the Great War, Brooks words still strike at the heart. Excellent post.

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  2. These headstones always grip my heart with sadness. What a loss of beautiful boys, sons, brothers, fathers, uncles…

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