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Posts: Joined: 1st Jan 1970 | You probably did Sue, I am terrible at looking back on threads to see who has already posted what, I know I posted it about a month ago on there, I first found the poem a couple of years ago whilst researching two crews of airmen who collided in their Lancaster’s just after take off and crashed over the village my Mum lived as a child. I loved the poem so much I saved it to my computer. |
Sue H Posts: 8172 Joined: 29th Jun 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 17:13 on 4th November 2008 Sorry Lyn B, I should have said that it was 'In Flander's Fields' that I had posted earlier. And in any case, both of these beautiful poems are well worth re-posting, especially at this time of year when we remember those sacrifices of the past and present. |
Diana Sinclair Posts: 10119 Joined: 3rd Apr 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 17:20 on 4th November 2008 Hi all. Both of those poems are very poignant. Thanks for posting them ladies. Brings a tear to my eyes, I can tell you. |
Posts: Joined: 1st Jan 1970 | Oh sorry Sue, my mistake, you are right though, they are both beautiful poems. |
Paul Hilton  Posts: 2605 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 18:57 on 4th November 2008  Picture by Paul Hilton American WW 1 soldiers at Brookwood Cemetery. Gives one pause for reflection. |
| Diana Sinclair Posts: 10119 Joined: 3rd Apr 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 19:03 on 4th November 2008 To think that everyone of those crosses represents a life. |
| Paul Hilton Posts: 2605 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 19:17 on 4th November 2008  Picture by Paul Hilton And at the American Military Cemetery at Madingley, Cambs. another 4000 crosses of men and women of the USAAF from WW 2, plus the names of many others who's final resting place is unknown. |
Posts: Joined: 1st Jan 1970 | Those are really special photos Paul, I will post mine in here if I can work out how. The final part of my research into my two bomber crews was to visit their graves which I found out was Cambridge city cemetery, the war graves have a separate part of the cemetery , it was so sad to see so many graves of our young men and women yet an amazingly peaceful place. The commonwealth war graves commission does a fantastic job of looking after all of the 1,7000,000 graves of our brave men and women who died in the last two world wars, they keep each and every grave in immaculate condition. |
Posts: Joined: 1st Jan 1970 |  Picture by Lyn Brant |
Posts: Joined: 1st Jan 1970 | Two beautiful poems, girls. And a sight such as a cemetery filled with the fallen can never fail but bring a tear to the eye. |
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