fezzard frank tristam west...lest we forget

To all who have served and not returned,
To all who have served and returned,
To all who are still serving us now,
To all who will serve in the future,
We say "THANK YOU" for all you have endured to make this country what it is today.

Remembering my Grandfather Fezzard Frank Tristam West

"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them."

The Ode comes from For the Fallen, a poem by the English poet and writer Laurence Binyon and was published in London in the Winnowing Fan; Poems of the Great War in 1914. The verse, which became the League Ode, was already used in association with commemoration services in Australia in 1921.

[Richard Hickey]

Awesome picture.

[M. Brutus]

Very nice. Both photo and your poetry selection and explanation. Thank you for sharing both.

[Connie Little]

Thank you. Lest we forget.

[Sherrill]

@agedrunner @mbrutus @littleconnie once again thanks for dropping by :)

[Michel - Travel Pics]

Lest We Forget was originally penned in the poem 'Recessional', by Rudyard Kipling; actually dedicated to Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897; asking God to spare the British Empire, 'lest we forget' (the sacrifice of Christ).
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