November 11th.
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..
Today I use my LJ as a memorial for some of the people behind the statistics; People who lived, loved. were loved; whose loss was deeply mourned, who were and are so much more than a name on a war memorial, an unmarked grave "Somewhere in France" or a white, cross marked, stone with name,age date of death, regiment,rank and number surrounded by an unthinkable expanse of so many other such markers; Doomed youth indeed.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them.
11.11 11
Anthem for Doomed Youth
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
Only the monsterous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons.
No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells,
Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,--
The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;
And bugles calling for them from sad shires.
What candles may be held to speed them all?
Not in the hands of the boys, but in their eyes
Shall shine the holy glimmers of good-byes.
The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall;
Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,
And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.
Wilfred Owen 1893-1918
Remembering all victims of all wars .
And the "Sad Shire" of Bulmer .
For Frank, Harold, James, Fred, John and Percy Raymond: Soldiers of the Great War; Three buried somewhere in France, one missing, one buried in England.. war took longer to claim his life but it got there in the end
;
Name: RAYMOND, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service: Suffolk Regiment
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 21/03/1918
Service No: 14807
Additional information: Son of Harry Frank and Christiane Raymond, of Finch Hill, Bulmer, Sudbury, Suffolk.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Bay 4.
Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1620230/RAYMOND,%20JAMES
Name: RAYMOND, FREDERICK C.
Initials: F C
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Middlesex Regiment
Unit Text: 17th Bn.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 28/04/1917
Service No: G/43978
Additional information: Son of Harry Frank and Christiane Raymond, of Finch Hill, Bulmer, Sudbury, Suffolk.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Bay 7.
Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1620228/RAYMOND,%20FREDERICK%20C
Harold, Harry and Christiana's second son was listed amongst the missing He is commemorated on the memorial in his home village of Bulmer but has no other memorial or grave. There are several Harold or Harry Raymonds on the War Graves commission site but not enough details to be sure of the right one. Harry and Christiana were my great grandparents. Harry, Frank and James were their beloved sons, my grandmother's beloved brothers.
Frank's employer requested that Frank be exempted from service. He was needed on the land. The request was refused. He was invalided out with TB and survived to marry but died of complications of the TB
Other members of the family gave their tomorrow for our today.
Name: RAYMOND, PERCY
Initials: P
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery
Unit Text: "C" Bty.
Date of Death: 19/11/1917
Service No: 39456
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. C. 3.
Cemetery: DUHALLOW A.D.S. CEMETERY
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2936591/RAYMOND,%20PERCY
Name: RAYMOND, JOHN JOSEPH
Initials: J J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment/Service: King's Royal Rifle Corps
Unit Text: 18th Bn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 31/07/1917
Service No: A/201726
Additional information: Son of James and Alice Raymond, of Prospect Place, Bulmer Rd., Sudbury, Suffolk.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XV. D. 14.
Cemetery: VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURE No.3
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/456954/RAYMOND,%20JOHN%20JOSEPH
Also for Ernest Carlo. My Grandfather who served on the Russian Convoys
For Chris Goward-Williams, my mother in law, buried alive for three days in the ruins of her Blitzed home
For my Great Uncle Bill, gassed in the trenches and living the rest of his life as an invalid. For the old lady who, every year, laid poppies at the war memorial in memory of the three days of married life which was all she ever had until she and her husband were reunited a few years ago. For my Brother in Law , wounded in the Falklands. For the baby whose name I bear, murdered in Auschwitz.
And for all victims of all wars everywhere,regardless of race, creed, colour , nationality. Soldier or civilian.
We will remember them.
A red poppy for remembrance and a white poppy for peace.
May the fighting stop
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them..
Today I use my LJ as a memorial for some of the people behind the statistics; People who lived, loved. were loved; whose loss was deeply mourned, who were and are so much more than a name on a war memorial, an unmarked grave "Somewhere in France" or a white, cross marked, stone with name,age date of death, regiment,rank and number surrounded by an unthinkable expanse of so many other such markers; Doomed youth indeed.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them.
11.11 11
Anthem for Doomed Youth
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
Only the monsterous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons.
No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells,
Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,--
The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;
And bugles calling for them from sad shires.
What candles may be held to speed them all?
Not in the hands of the boys, but in their eyes
Shall shine the holy glimmers of good-byes.
The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall;
Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,
And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.
Wilfred Owen 1893-1918
Remembering all victims of all wars .
And the "Sad Shire" of Bulmer .
For Frank, Harold, James, Fred, John and Percy Raymond: Soldiers of the Great War; Three buried somewhere in France, one missing, one buried in England.. war took longer to claim his life but it got there in the end
;
Name: RAYMOND, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service: Suffolk Regiment
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 21/03/1918
Service No: 14807
Additional information: Son of Harry Frank and Christiane Raymond, of Finch Hill, Bulmer, Sudbury, Suffolk.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Bay 4.
Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1620230/RAYMOND,%20JAMES
Name: RAYMOND, FREDERICK C.
Initials: F C
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Middlesex Regiment
Unit Text: 17th Bn.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 28/04/1917
Service No: G/43978
Additional information: Son of Harry Frank and Christiane Raymond, of Finch Hill, Bulmer, Sudbury, Suffolk.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Bay 7.
Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1620228/RAYMOND,%20FREDERICK%20C
Harold, Harry and Christiana's second son was listed amongst the missing He is commemorated on the memorial in his home village of Bulmer but has no other memorial or grave. There are several Harold or Harry Raymonds on the War Graves commission site but not enough details to be sure of the right one. Harry and Christiana were my great grandparents. Harry, Frank and James were their beloved sons, my grandmother's beloved brothers.
Frank's employer requested that Frank be exempted from service. He was needed on the land. The request was refused. He was invalided out with TB and survived to marry but died of complications of the TB
Other members of the family gave their tomorrow for our today.
Name: RAYMOND, PERCY
Initials: P
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery
Unit Text: "C" Bty.
Date of Death: 19/11/1917
Service No: 39456
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. C. 3.
Cemetery: DUHALLOW A.D.S. CEMETERY
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2936591/RAYMOND,%20PERCY
Name: RAYMOND, JOHN JOSEPH
Initials: J J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment/Service: King's Royal Rifle Corps
Unit Text: 18th Bn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 31/07/1917
Service No: A/201726
Additional information: Son of James and Alice Raymond, of Prospect Place, Bulmer Rd., Sudbury, Suffolk.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XV. D. 14.
Cemetery: VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURE No.3
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/456954/RAYMOND,%20JOHN%20JOSEPH
Also for Ernest Carlo. My Grandfather who served on the Russian Convoys
For Chris Goward-Williams, my mother in law, buried alive for three days in the ruins of her Blitzed home
For my Great Uncle Bill, gassed in the trenches and living the rest of his life as an invalid. For the old lady who, every year, laid poppies at the war memorial in memory of the three days of married life which was all she ever had until she and her husband were reunited a few years ago. For my Brother in Law , wounded in the Falklands. For the baby whose name I bear, murdered in Auschwitz.
And for all victims of all wars everywhere,regardless of race, creed, colour , nationality. Soldier or civilian.
We will remember them.
A red poppy for remembrance and a white poppy for peace.
May the fighting stop