Remembrance Day

[b.scheller]

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

Lest we forget

[b.scheller]

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http://www.commando.org/albums/honour/aaa.sized.jpg
Killed on a Peacekeeping Operation in Somalia

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Killed in a helicopter crash...

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Killed in a SAR crash...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/friendlyfire/gfx/leger_marc160.jpg
Killed by an insolent American fighter pilot...

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Killed by an insolent American fighter pilot...

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Killed by an insolentt American fighter pilot...

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Killed by an insolent American fighter pilot...

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Killed in Afghanistan...

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Killed in Afghanistan


LEST WE FORGET

[b.scheller]

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/photoarchive/LoRes/%212004/100804/HS020951d14.jpg
Killed in a fire on the HMCS Chicoutami

[Bombtrack]

Why is this in the Off Topic forum?

http://www.blackwatchcanada.com/images/letters4lge.jpg

over 112,000 Canadians have given the ultimate sacrifice
LEST WE FORGET

[MolliG]

Is it the 11th of Nov', as here in the UK?

[Lexi]

It's the soldier, not the reporter, who gives you the freedom of the press."
"It's the soldier, not the poet, who gives you the freedom of speech."
"It's the soldier, not the campus organizer, who allows you to demonstrate."
"It's the soldier who salutes the flag, serves the flag, whose coffin is draped with the flag, that allows the protester to burn the flag."



It doesn't seem much
to stir a man's soul
just a moth eaten rag
on a worm eaten pole
But 'tis the deeds that were done
'neath this moth eaten rag
when the pole was a staff
and the rag ... was a flag


I was going to post a poem of my own that I had written, but of course I've lost it.... Forever, it seems, because the original was given to my neighbour and the file I had for my website was deleted.... :(

LEST WE FORGET...

[Lexi]

Sweet Jebus I found my post on army.ca... Here goes....

There's nothing like the fear of death,
To knock you on your ass,
and make you stop and wonder,
if these horrid times will pass.
And there's nothing like the fear,
that is instilled by war,
where you go to bed wondering,
if you'll wake up anymore.
And I'm sure there's nothing more,
that would ever make you cry,
then only being able to stand and watch,
as innocent people die.
There's nothing more we can do,
There's nothing more we can say,
but every man out there now,
has saved the world in some way.
Every contribution,
no matter how big or small,
will not only save Iraqis,
but they will save us all.
For every person far from home,
fighting for peace,
in a place where they may feel alone,
the far-off middle east,
never have I seen,
men as brave as you,
and on behalf of the world,
Thanks for everything you do.

By Alexa D. Spiwak (Me.)

Lexi quietly shuffles off... :oops:

For the record, I hate posting poems.
.. So embarrassing... :oops:

[Bombtrack]

Is it the 11th of Nov', as here in the UK?

Just building up I guess, the 5th of November here starts "Veteran's Week", culminating on the 11th.

[ShotOver]

It's not the 11th yet.
But Rest in Peace to all the heros

And you will get a flamming for calling the American pilot insolent.

[Vance]

Yes he will, because saying that was a disgrace. This is a day of remembrance for your country, not for childish name-calling. Grow up. :roll:

Anyways, I salute the fallen Canadians.

[Bombtrack]

It's not the 11th yet.
But Rest in Peace to all the heros

And you will get a flamming for calling the American pilot insolent.


the 5th of November here starts "Veteran's Week",

[shrek]

Sorry, not usually a flamer but the veins in my neck are sticking out!!!


Why insolent? He thought he was being fired on, he fired back!


Some good friends of mine had the batteries go dead in there PLUGR GPS and called in an airstrike on themselves, are the makers insolent for making the GPS default to "its own" position when you change the batteries!

We thought we were being targeted by a missile, so we shot it down, it was a Hornet with an american in it, my software shot the plane down, I guess i'm insolent! I don't even like that WORD!

WE got hit with an IED and got in a five minute firefight with our own AMF troops because of confusion about who was who; i'm insolent again!

Insolence? No! Fog my friend! Thick fog! And until you've seen it for yourself you can't imagine how thick it gets!!!!

[Phil642]

They were young
They came in our fields
They fought for freedom
They gave the ultimate sacrifice
We'll never forget

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[Fee Fi Fo Fum]

some old guy, around 50 came into my shop today, and asked me 'do you sell poppies?' the security guard overheard, and said 'No mate we dont, i think where sold out, try the shop around the corner' the guy went mad he said 'whats this country coming to! a national day they should be sold everywhere! he then said.....

'the left overs over my dad where found in a shoe box in WW2' and i only want a poppie!'

then left the shop in a huff.....

just thought i would share :|

[memphiz]

RIP

anyone else here got one of those new Quaters with the poppy?

[b.scheller]

I want to get one...

[memphiz]

I want to get one...
Didnt you go to Tim Hortons to get one????

[b.scheller]

I went but the bastards at school didnt have one... :bash:

[memphiz]

I went but the bastards at school didnt have one... :bash:
Damn, they sold out here fast to, I got 2 on the day they came out...I drove around to mulitple Tim's to get one

[b.scheller]

i'll try to find one tonight...

[memphiz]

i'll try to find one tonight...
They're quite neat, but stupid people keep puting them in the donations jars

[b.scheller]

:cantbeli:

[Bombtrack]

The coins were disappointing - I thought it would be dyed metal, not some pixellated stamp on the quarter

[Keyboard]

I bought a whole stack of em, $10 I think, or less, can't remember...

Lest We Forget

[b.scheller]

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LEST WE FORGET

[Avary]

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CPL Daniel Gunther, Royal 22e Régiment, killed in Bosnia 1993 (http://petergun.tripod.com/)

JE ME SOUVIENS

[b.scheller]

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Cpl. Jamie Brendan Murphy

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Video of Canadian Invasion on D-Day (http://www.jamesoregan.com/Shooters/grant.ram)

Dona Nobis Pacem

[Saint]

Amazing photos.
thank you

[East]

Lest We Forget.

[Lovely Pencils]

These men, boys actually made the ultimate sacrifice...... they fought in the name of freedom, till their very last breath. what else can we ask for? As we count down the 2005, will these heros be forgotten? Will the younger generations ever know the price of peace? Respecting our grandparents who had fought hard for peace, may the younger generation remember what your grandparents had done for us.
R.I.P

[Kekkonen]

Teikari day at Nylands brigade in Finland, a kind of remembrance day, 5.7.2004

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[Mongrel]

A list of Canadian War monuments...
www.cdli.ca/monuments/

And another rem' day site...
http://canada.kos.net/remembrance.html

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v401/Mongrelhordes/Our%20Horde/fallen1dl1.jpg

RIP
M.

[Nizark]

Thats interesting, I never knew what the red flower represented. I thought it was simply ceremonial, almost like the golden ropes that are on the fancy dress uniforms.

[GrimmyRX]

Jotted this background up, feel free to grab it, add stuff to it, and then toss it back on the boards. Lets see how good we can get it before Remembance Day.

Remember to resize it, as Photobucket is being alittle bit of a bitch, and won't let me do it at the original size of 1280pix by 800pix.

I was thinking of actually putting a list of names of the dead on the black background (they'd have to be opaque - see through - though, So, anyone that has the skill or the will to do it, go ahead.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/GrimRX/Remember.jpg

[b.scheller]

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Recipients of the Victoria Cross

Prior to the South African War (4)
DUNN, Alexander Robert
HALL, William
READE, Herbert Taylor
DOUGLAS, Campbell Mellis


The South African (Boer) War (4)
COCKBURN, Hampden Z.C.
HOLLAND, Edward J.G.
RICHARDSON, Arthur H.L.
TURNER, Richard E.W.


First World War One
ALGIE, Wallace Lloyd
BARKER, William George
BARRON, Colin Fraser
BELLEW, Edward Donald
BENT, Philip Eric
BISHOP, William Avery
BOURKE, Rowland R.L.
BRERETON, Alexander P.
BRILLANT, Jean
BROWN, Harry
CAIRNS, Hugh
CAMPBELL, Frederick W.
CLARKE, Leo
CLARK-KENNEDY, William. Hew
COMBE, Robert Grierson
COPPINS, Frederick G.
CROAK, John Bernard
De WIND, Edmund
DINESEN, Thomas
FISHER, Fred
FLOWERDEW, Gordon M.
GOOD, Herman James
GREGG, Milton Fowler
HALL, Frederick William
HANNA, Robert
HARVEY, Frederick M.W.
HOBSON, Frederick
HOLMES, Thomas William
HONEY, Samuel Lewis
HUTCHESON, Bellenden S.
KAEBLE, Joseph
KERR, George Fraser
KERR, John Chipman
KINROSS, Cecil John
KNIGHT, Arthur George
KONOWAL, Filip
LEARMONTH, Okill M.
LYALL, Graham Thomson
MacDOWELL, Thain W.
MacGREGOR, John
McKENZIE, Hugh
McKEAN, George Burdon
McLEOD, Alan Arnett
MERRIFIELD, William
METCALF, William Henry
MILNE, William Johnstone
MINER, Harry G.B.
MITCHELL, Coulson N.
MULLIN, George Harry
NUNNEY, Claude J.P.
O'KELLY, Christopher P.J.
O'LEARY, Michael
O'ROURKE, Michael James
PATTISON, John George
PEARKES, George Randolph
PECK, Cyrus Wesley
RAYFIELD, Walter Leigh
RICHARDSON, James C.
RICKETTS, Thomas
ROBERTSON, James Peter
RUTHERFORD, Charles S.
SCRIMGER, Francis A.C.
SHANKLAND, Robert
SIFTON, Ellis Wellwood
SPALL, Robert
STRACHAN, Harcus
TAIT, James Edward
WILKINSON, Thomas O.L.
YOUNG, Francis
ZENGEL, Raphael Louis


Second World War (16)
BAZALGETTE, Ian W.
COSENS, Aubrey
CURRIE, David Vivian
FOOTE, John Weir
GRAY, Robert Hampton
HOEY, Charles Ferguson
HORNELL, David Ernest
MAHONY, John Keefer
MERRITT, Charles C.I.
MYNARSKI, Andrew C.
OSBORN, John Robert
PETERS, Frederick Thornton
SMITH, Ernest Alvia
TILSTON, Frederick Albert
TOPHAM, Frederick George
TRIQUET, Paul

[Mongrel]

Well done GrimmyRX!
You have better photoshop skills then I have.

Cheers!
M.

[Bombtrack]

GrimmyRX!!! I was JUST trying to remember that quote (the moth-eaten rag one) as I was walking home tonight, doubting I'd ever see it again...

Thank you, good pic too

[garoco]

Hey all you crazy Canuck cousins of mine ;)

Don't forget this isn't just your day, its OUR day as well :)

The National Australian Commemoration of this extremely significant day will be at the Australian War Memorial - www.awm.gov.au



At the going down of the sun,
And in the morning,
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Lest We Forget.

[b.scheller]

LEST WE FORGET

Canadian Flying Aces

World War I

http://www.constable.ca/ltcolbarker.jpg

Billy Barker, VC

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Billy Bishop, VC

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Art Brown

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Ray Collishaw

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Donald MacLaren

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Alen MacLeod, VC

[b.scheller]

Canadian Flying Aces

World War II

http://www.constable.ca/bannock.jpg

Russ Bannock

http://www.constable.ca/beurlingbust.jpg

George Beurling

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Lloyd Chadburn

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James Edwards

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John Fauquier

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Irving Kennedy

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Robert McNair

http://www.constable.ca/mynarski.jpg

Andrew Mynarski, VC

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Percivel Turner

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Vernon Woodward

[EvanL]

What about leslie nielson? p-)

[Yeoman]

two of the latest dead from afghanistan (cpl beefenger, and cpl. murphy) both were from my company. I never met them, but I have several good friends that were the best of friends with them. they were trashed when they happend.
god bless our fallen comrades.
Greg

[Lexi]

RIP

anyone else here got one of those new Quaters with the poppy?
I have one, I've put it away in a special place.
It's a keeper, for sure...

Lest We Forget

[Mongrel]

If Tim Hortons is out of the quarters..like mine, then try this source:
http://www.mint.ca/

Cheers!
M.

[plodey]

Australia Remembers

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Lest We Forget

[GrimmyRX]

Thanks Mongrel, mattoigta, ^_^

I'm not actually that good at Photoshop either, ^_^;;

But hey, share the love eh? :hug:

[EasyC]

Im missing you already Grandad, hope heaven is treating you well and thanks for fighting for the freedom that I now share with so many others, you've given my name distinction and honour, I thank you for that.

"James Bright"
1915 - 2004

[b.scheller]

http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/content/collections/poster/images/poster_italy_2004_s.jpg

[Spearin]

Ne Obliviscaris

I got one of the new quarters... but used it in the Mess last night :oops:

[EvanL]

RIP Grandpas
Norman Horsford (Lake Superior Regiment)and Morris Lloyd (Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers)