Thursday, 23 July 2009

Birmingham Freedom Parade 22/07/09

Troops from the 26th Royal Artillery Regiment also known as the West Midlands Gunners became the 6th Regiment to be granted the Freedom of Birmingham,after recent tours of Iraq and Afghanistan,the Lord Mayor of Birmingham Michael Wilkes officiated at the Parade through the City Center, the band of the Parachute Regiment marched at the front of the parade which was supported by various British Legion groups. Well done too the Lads and Lasses! We are proud of you all.

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In Flanders Fields

In Flanders Fields

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.

Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander McCrae, MD (1872 – 1918)