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For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon (They Shall Grow Not Old)
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1:52Now Playing"For the Fallen" is a poem written by Laurence Binyon. It was first published in The Times in September 1914. It was also published in Binyon's book "The Winnowing Fan : Poems On The Great War" by Elkin Mathews, London, 1914.
Over time, the third and fourth stanzas of the poem (usually now just the fourth) have been claimed as a tribute to all casualties of war, regardless of state. This selection of the poem is often taken as an ode that is often recited at Remembrance Day and ANZAC Day services.
The photo collage was originally posted on facebook by Colour by CJS. The following are the men in the photo, all killed at the Somme:
1 Private Thomas Chambers, 9th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers, 17 years old.
2 Private William McFadzean VC, 14th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, 20 Years old.
3 Serjeant Frederick Ashton, 10th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment.
4 Lieutenant William Hodgson MC, 9th Battalion Devonshire Regiment, 23 Years old.
5 Second Lieutenant Eric Heaton, 16th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, 20 Years old.
6 Private Horace Iles, 15th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment, 16 Years old.
7 Second Lieutenant Gilbert Waterhouse, 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment, 33 Years old.
8 Private Frank Skinner, 11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, 21 Years old.
9 Captain John Green VC, R.A.M.C, 26 Years old.
10 Second Lieutenant Henry Cowin, 21st Battalion Manchester Regiment, 31 Years old.
11 Lieutenant Wilfred Nield, 11th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, 25 Years old.
12 Captain William Green, 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment, (Mortally wounded on 1st July and died on 6th July). 21 Years old.
13 Second Lieutenant Ronald Grundy, 2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment, 19 Years old.
14 Unknown soldier from 29th Division being carried along a trench. This man had just been recovered from No Mans Land but died shortly after the image was captured.
15 Captain Raymond Smith, 11th Battalion Border Regiment, 27 Years old.
16 Captain Charles May, 22nd Battalion Manchester Regiment, 27 Years old.
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