A call from afar

He calls from a world That’s torn apart, Where love is forgotten And the children starve, The hell of a war Is raging high, The U-N do help As the people cry. He’s the voice of a loved one So far away, The distance is obvious And there is much to say, As the line...

BLOOD RED OF MAN

I am a poppy of man Blood red in tone, A petal of Flanders Oh! How I’ve grown, *** From Blood of man I raised my head, A remembrance of heroes Each one dead. *** I am a memory of a Soldier Who went through hell, I grow in the fields Where once man fell. ***...

THE DAY OF THE 11TH REMEMBRANCE

Lives are relived It’s the day of the 11th, It’s time to remember A time in the past, For some It’s fond memories, The coming together; A comradeship That will always last, For others It’s painful To remember those years, And the lives that we...

OUR SON! OUR SOLDIER!

We are thankful for our Soldier’s For everything they do, Their strength and their endurance Is all down to you. We think the forces made them Into what they are today, But they simply shaped and moulded What as parents you portrayed. As parents you taught him dignity...

Signalman Didsbury

Paul was a Soldier who was dedicated and strong, He was honest and true to the unit he belonged, To all his palls Did’s was his name, He loved all sport but rugby was his game, Did’s the Soldier is now laid to rest, He gave his oath to his country, He gave...