Thursday, November 11, 2021

Marching Orders

 

 


 


my paternal fatherWW11

 

my adoptive father 1914 PPCLI- Southern Alberta Horse Militia WW1

 



 


five brothers RCAF, England.  DeVoe never came home.  



 


My son, Sergant Jordon Thompson CD, Afghanistan,coming homefrom Afghanistan, training in preparation for deployment again, 3PPLI.


Joshua Dyer (aged 14) was tasked at school to write a poem for Remembrance Day.

An hour later (without any help) he produced this..

ONE THOUSAND MEN ARE WALKING

One thousand men are walking

Walking side by side

Singing songs from home

The spirit as their guide

they walk toward the light milord

they walk towards the sun

they smoke and laugh and smile together

no foes to outrun

these men live on forever

in the hearts of those they saved

a nation truly grateful

for the path of peace they paved

they march as friends and comrades

but they do not march for war

step closer to salvation

a tranquil steady corps

the meadows lit with golden beams

a beacon for the brave

the emerald grass untrampled

a reward for what they gave

they dream of those they left behind

and know they dream of them

forever in those poppy fields

there walks one thousand men

Joshua Dyer 2019 (aged 14)

Lest we forget

 

 

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