[SOC] Mainly for Canadian / Anzac Members

Fri, 10 Oct 2003 20:14:20 +0100

Very well done, Chris.

"They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old.

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn them.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning

We shall remember them"

It's particularly special since today we honoured our war dead in Iraq at a
service of remembrance at St Paul's Cathedral.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3182132.stm

Paul

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Redding" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 8:02 PM
Subject: [SOC] Mainly for Canadian / Anzac Members

> Gentlemen,
>
> With apologies to my very first 'Obnoxious American', here is a bit more
> 'ineffable twaddle' from the twaddlemeister.
>
> Many of you will remember the outrage some months back when the monument
> at Etaples Military Cemetery, Near Boulogne, was daubed with graffiti.
> (Thought/hoped to be the work of an extreme pro-Saddam fringe of
> France's North African immigrant / refugee community).
>
> Although the graffiti was obviously aimed at the 'Rosbeefs' - the French
> non-insulting (?) nickname for the Brits) - this caused outrage across
> the pond because of the large numbers of (especially) Canadian victims
> who are also buried there.
>
> Anyhow, I took the car over on the ferry today (on what we call a 'booze
> cruise'), and after stocking-up on the best that France has to offer,
> drove down to Etaples to pay long-overdue respect.
>
> I am pleased to tell you that the cemetery now looks truly magnificent.
> It looks like the Commonwealth War Graves Commission has taken the
> 'opportunity' to sand-blast the entire monument to make the stonework
> match the scars left when the graffiti was removed.
>
> The autumn sun shone today, making the place look as glorious above
> ground as it is below.
>
> Chris G4PDJ
>
>
>
>
> http://www.silentcities.co.uk/cemeterye/etaples.htm
>
> Don't forget to click on the link: - "Overseas Unit breakdown, Awards, &
> other burials" near the top of the page for VE/VK/ZL casualties, plus a
> better photo.
>
>
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