Weekly Photo Challenge: (The Price of) Victory

Posted on November 20, 2015 | 7 Comments

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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7 responses to “Weekly Photo Challenge: (The Price of) Victory”

  1. mukhamani | November 20, 2015 at 6:20 am | Reply

    Recently I was reading a novel set in the 19th century, it was also about Indian soldiers in the English army were sent to different parts of the world. This poem reminded me of them. Regards.

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  2. inavukic | November 20, 2015 at 6:30 am | Reply

    Nothing like showing respect!

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  3. joylovestravel | November 20, 2015 at 10:57 am | Reply

    Those words never fail to move.

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  5. Sue Slaght | November 20, 2015 at 11:28 pm | Reply

    Can’t resist saying again how adorable wee Molly is in the photo of the full post. 🙂

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