The Last Post

[jimbo 111]

A short while ago I made a comment on one of the threads about the' Last Post'
It was accepted in good homour as it was intended
A later post showed links to the history and meaning of the Last Post
I read them and was very much aware of their significance
These are the words to the 'Last Post'

THE WORDS TO THE LAST POST

"Come home! Come home! The last post is sounding
for you to hear. All good soldiers know very well there
is nothing to fear while they do what is right, and forget
all the worries they have met in their duties through the
year. A soldier cannot always be great, but he can be a
gentleman and he can be a right good pal to his comrades in
his squad. So all you soldiers listen to this – Deal fair by all
and you’ll never be amiss."


"Be Brave! Be Just! Be Honest and True Men!"

It just struck me that , soldier or civilian, if we all lived up to those words all the world would be a better place
To all those who have given their lives for this country
and for all those , particularly those members of TP who struggle and strive
to make life worth living for their loved ones, often at great sacrifice to themselves
God Bless and give you the same courage that these soldiers fought for .
jimbo 111

 

[JPG1]

"Be Brave! Be Just! Be Honest and True Men!"

It just struck me that , soldier or civilian, if we all lived up to those words all the world would be a better place

Count me in, jimbo.

 

[Jancis]

God Bless and give you the same courage that these soldiers fought for .
jimbo 111

Your post on the last post says it all Jimbo, thanks for sharing your deepest thoughts - we do appreciate it so much.

 

[DozyDoris]

Thank you for sharing Jimbo, I did not know the words to the last post, they speak volumes and as you say have meaning beyond being a solider, God Bless you too Jimbo x

 

[sistermillicent]

agreed.

I have just come back (yesterday) from visiting Ypres for the last two days of our holiday, it is so moving, we heard the last post being played at the Menin Gate, visited the museum and the cemeteries. We drank to our relatives who served there and survived, and to the uncles who lost their lives there and wondered whether they would approve of the fact that we were drinking wine and enjoying ourselves in such a place, especially since my husband's and my relatives would have been fighting on opposite sides.

If anyone is thinking of visiting, it is well worth it.

Pippa

 

[TinaT]

I'm sure the last post has a very special place in all our hearts, especially those of us who remember grandads who survived the horrors of the first world war but returned home minus a limb, or two limbs or, as in my grandad's case, his nose pitted and melted half across his face because of mustard gas.

When will it be possible to get around a table and hammer out differences with words, instead of young men's broken bodies?


xx~TinaT

 

[cragmaid]

nothing to fear while they do what is right

and so let us carry on the battle to fight the good fight. Maureen.x.

 

[amicalia]

Very well said