Tuesday, 11 November 2014

Remember Me

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.

Listed below are the casualties mentioned so far. At only a few months into the war, the loss on both sides were high. When we remember, we should not only think about the people on our side, but those that at the time were the enemy. No matter what their beliefs, these men and women were somebody's husband, wife, son or daughter. The children that were affected by war were just as innocent as the children on our side. So remember them all...

Women of The First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
The Voluntary Aid Detachment
The Woman's Royal Naval Service
The Woman's Auxiliary Army Corps
The Women's Royal Air Force
The soldiers fighting at Luik at the Belgium border on 10th August 1914
The workers & civillians affected by the Silvertown munitions factory explosion on Friday 19th January
The crew of the British cruiser sunk on 9th August 1914
The nine people killed in Liege city by a German Zeppelin
Dennis Patrick Dowd Jr
General Dubail
General De Castelnau
General Leman
The 9,000 soldiers killed at the battle of Cer
Charles De Gaulle
The civillians and soldiers killed in Dinant on 15th August 1914
The 1,300 killed by zeppelin bombs
Sir John French
General Wilson
The 310 soldiers and 400 horses killed at the battle of Halen
The soldiers killed at the battle of Bergen
The 612 inhabitants in Dinant executed on 23rd August 1914 - including 3 week old baby Felix Fivet
The 384 inhabitants of Tamines executed on the 22nd August 1914
The 20,089 killed in the battle of Gumbinnen
The 211 Belgians executed on the 20th August 1914
The 150 Belgians executed on 19th August 1914
And to the many more that I have been unable to mention

WE WILL REMEMBER YOU

When you go home, tell them of us and say:
For your tomorrow we gave our today.

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