Who said for your tomorrow I gave my today?
John Maxwell Edmonds
‘When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say, For Your Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today. ‘ The verse is attributed to John Maxwell Edmonds (1875-1958), and is thought to have been inspired by the epitaph written by Simonides to honour the Greeks who fell at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480BC.
On which of these memorials will you find this moving epitaph inscribed When you go home tell them of us and say for your tomorrow we gave our today?
the Kohima war memorial
This evocative epitaph is enshrined on the Kohima war memorial in Nagaland, built to commemorate soldiers of the empire who laid down their lives to repel Japanese assault in 1944 during World War-II.
Where is the world’s largest war memorial?
The Great Ocean Road hugs the south-west coast of Victoria, and it is also the largest war memorial in the world.
What is the significance of Lest we forget?
Borrowed from a line in a well-known poem written in the 19th century, the phrase ‘lest we forget’ means ‘it should not be forgotten’. We say or write ‘lest we forget’ in commemorations to remember always the service and sacrifice of people who have served in wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations.
What are the words of the Anzac Ode?
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. We will remember them.” Each year after Anzac Day and Remembrance Day debate rises on the word ‘condemn’ or ‘contemn’.
How many of the 12 apostles are left?
8 apostles
Nowadays, there are only 8 apostles left, with others slowly cutting down further and further until there will be more. But due to the continuing erosion that effects not just the limestone stacks, but the coastal land, the current cliffs are expected to eventually become rock stacks.
How many died building the Great Ocean Road?
While the names of the 2400 ex-servicemen and 600 civilians were recorded, the files were destroyed during the Second World War. Twelve months ago, Portland’s Family History Group took on the job of finding the names of as many workmen as possible.
Who wrote the poem Lest we forget?
Rudyard Kipling
“Lest we forget” is a phrase commonly used in war remembrance services and commemorative occasions in English speaking countries. Before the term was used in reference to soldiers and war, it was first used in an 1897 Christian poem written by Rudyard Kipling called “Recessional”.
What is the Lest We Forget poem?
“They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. We will remember them.”
What is the poem recited at Anzac Day?
The Ode comes from For the Fallen, a poem by the English poet and writer Laurence Binyon and was published in London in the Winnowing Fan; Poems of the Great War in 1914. The verse, which became the League Ode, was already used in association with commemoration services in Australia in 1921.