Tribute To Old Soldier
Published:
12:27 PM November 10, 2009
Updated:
11:24 AM November 1, 2020
Old Soldier British Legion man Colourful with medals On processional days The War Memorial On the Ely Market Square Was his voluntary And special care He tended it Brushed it Polished it He joked and laughed With everyone Drilled and inspected Every
Old Soldier
British Legion man
Colourful with medals
On processional days
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The War Memorial
On the Ely Market Square
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Was his voluntary
And special care
He tended it
Brushed it
Polished it
He joked and laughed
With everyone
Drilled and inspected
Every poppy wreath
With his mind
Forever fixed
...on the going down of the sun
And in the morning
In memory of the late Henry Richardson
DENIS GRIFFITHS
Victoria Street
Ely
Pic cap: Denis Griffiths, poet and Japanese POW, a polish hero, unknown, and the late Henry Richardson.
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