General Chat

These were young men who gave their all for our freedom, my respect and grateful thanks to each and every one of them.xx

Hi Jennifer. Thank you. The poem was said to be written by an unknown girl of 12. Ron

Beautiful Ronald, so touching-gosh I am in tears. We will remember.

'Who Are These Men?' Who are these men who march so proud, Who quietly weep, eyes closed, head bowed? These are men, who once were boys, Who missed out on youth and all it's joys. Who are these men with aged faces? Who silently count the empty spaces? These are the men who gave their all, Who fought for their country for freedom for all? Who are these men with sorrowful look? Who can still remember the lives that were took?These are the men, who saw young men die,The price of peace is always high.Who are these men who in the midst of pain,Whispered comfort to those they would not see again?These are the men, whose hands held tomorrow,Who brought back our future with blood tears and sorrow?Who are these men who promise to keep,Alive in their hearts the ones God holds asleep?These are the men to whom I promise again:'Veterans', my friends, I will remember them!

http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/ http://www.anzac.govt.nz/gallipoliguide/index.html Both well worth reading.

Yes thinking of them Norah

I will think of them xx

You are so right - we should think of them every day. this has always been of great interest to me historically, but since I started the family research, I have discovered that my family lost nine of it's young men! I have had the privilege to be at the Menin Gate in Ypres for the Last Post ceremony - which is every night at 8pm. A tragic waste of a generation of young men of all nationalities........

I have a son in the Australian Army who has marched every year for the past 12 years. He doesn't always have to but he volunteers every year with pride. Also because the ladies spoil them rotten with morning tea at the local RSL and the old fellas tell them some wonderful, and sad, stories of their days in the army. Susan

And those who returned but for whom life was never the same again, what hell they lived through. - great-uncle Joe.

Thanks ladies, We should think of them every day I know, but especially today...... Thank you to all those in the Services that stood there (dawn service) in the dark and torrential rain this morning to perform the ceremony, but as the master said, it is nothing to what those servicemen would have had to go through..... Sal xx

Thank you. Sal xxx

Thinking of them all. Linda. x

Will be thinking of them Sal. Ann glos