Remembrance Sunday

[peterlansley]

Will be proud to lay the RWF wreath at Aberystwyth war memorial at 11 am Sunday 10/11/13. Hope the weather is kind as it's in a exposed position on the Castle .Should be a good parade around the town on the way to the castle.

[dcdl12976]

Remember Me
(The voice of the dead)

Remember me
Duty called and I went to war
Though I'd never fired a gun before
I paid the price for your new day
As all my dreams were blown away

Remember me
We all stood true as whistles blew
And faced the shell and stench of Hell
Now battle's done, there is no sound
Our bones decay beneath the ground
We cannot see, or smell, or hear
There is no death, or hope or fear

Remember me
Once we, like you, would laugh and talk
And run and walk and do the things that you all do
But now we lie in rows so neat
Beneath the soil, beneath your feet

Remember me
In mud and gore and the blood of war
We fought and fell and move no more
Remember me, I am not dead
I'm just a voice within your head

Harry Riley

[dcdl12976]

Not sure how accurate the totals are for Afgan i thought it was over 400, we should remember the loses in the small wars as well as the two world wars.

World War 1 = 886324
World war 2 = 383667
Palestine 1922 - 1948: = 233
Malaya 1948-60: = 340
Yangtze River incident 1949: = 46
Korean war 1950-53: = 765
Cyprus emergency 1955-60 = 457
The Canal zone emergency, Egypt 1951-53: = 54
Kenya 1952-60: = 12
Suez crisis 1956: = 22
Oman and Dhofar 1962-75: = 24
Borneo 1962-66: = 126
Aden emergency 1963-67: = 68
Northern Ireland 1969-98: = 763
Falkland Islands 1982: = 255
Gulf War I 1990-91: = 47
The Balkans 1992 - 2001: = 48
Sierra Leone 2000: = 1
Afghanistan 2001-present: = 446
Iraq 2003-09: = 179