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Sunday 10 November 2019

Gallant

I published this photo some years ago. It's message to us is no less relevant today.

The stone stands in the little churchyard at Langley in north-west Essex. It says so much in just a few fading words. Less than two weeks after his death the Great War came to an end.
Take care.
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13 comments:

  1. David M. Gascoigne,10 November 2019 at 10:33

    It is enough to make you weep that we continue to send our young people off to war.

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  2. Sandi10 November 2019 at 11:11

    18...

    It's senseless.

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  3. Marleen10 November 2019 at 15:37

    So young.

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  4. Anonymous10 November 2019 at 16:08

    Makes me long for a time without war.

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  5. Come Away With Me10 November 2019 at 20:04

    So sad, and how many such stories there are. It seems we never learn.

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  6. William Kendall10 November 2019 at 21:00

    Quite poignant.

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  7. Marie Smith10 November 2019 at 21:45

    Lest we forget.

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  8. Susan Kane11 November 2019 at 01:52

    So young.

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  9. Barbara Rogers11 November 2019 at 13:18

    Very nice tribute to one who gave his life so that others might have freedom.

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  10. Rosie11 November 2019 at 15:53

    So very sad that he got so close to the end of the war but didn't live to see it.

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  11. Beatrice P. Boyd11 November 2019 at 15:57

    No words to say just how poignant and sad seeing this photo post today. War has taken so many young lives.

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  12. Cynthia11 November 2019 at 17:57

    Oh the irony. So sad.

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  13. Bill11 November 2019 at 19:38

    So sad and so young.

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