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The Royal British Legion requested that we all use a single candle or light for an hour from 22:00 GMT on Monday 4th August 2014.</I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="11ab1e1e0.jpg" border=0 width="30" height="30" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="11ab1e1e0.jpg" border=0 width="30" height="30" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="11ab1e1e0.jpg" border=0 width="30" height="30" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I>'</I><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#330099" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I>O Lord, Thou knowest how busy I must be this day. </I></FONT></div> <div> <I>If I forget Thee, do not forget me. March on, boys!' </I></div> <div> The prayer of Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading, at the Battle of Edgehill, Warwickshire on Sunday, 23 October 1642.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7ae19200.png" border=0 width="25" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#330099" FACE="Arial" >Albert Fenton Drakes</FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="7ae19200.png" border=0 width="25" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#330099" FACE="Arial" >Amos Drakes</FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="7ae19200.png" border=0 width="25" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#330099" FACE="Arial" >Charles Leslie Drakes</FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="7ae19200.png" border=0 width="25" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#330099" FACE="Arial" >David Baron Drakes</FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="7ae19200.png" border=0 width="25" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#330099" FACE="Arial" >Frank Herbert Drakes</FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="7ae19200.png" border=0 width="25" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#330099" FACE="Arial" >Fred Dracass</FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="7ae19200.png" border=0 width="25" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#330099" FACE="Arial" >George Harold Leopold Drakes</FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="7ae19200.png" border=0 width="25" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#330099" FACE="Arial" >George William Dracass</FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="7ae19200.png" border=0 width="25" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#330099" FACE="Arial" >Harry Drax</FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="7ae19200.png" border=0 width="25" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#330099" FACE="Arial" >Hugh Dracass</FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="7ae19200.png" border=0 width="25" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#330099" FACE="Arial" >Joseph Henry Drakes</FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="7ae19200.png" border=0 width="25" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#330099" FACE="Arial" >Michael Ben Drakes</FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="7ae19200.png" border=0 width="25" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#330099" FACE="Arial" >Percy William Drakes</FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="7ae19200.png" border=0 width="25" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#330099" FACE="Arial" >Stewart Ian Drakes</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="117b20ba0.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="186" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> A World War II British memorial headstone in Libya, North Africa: </div> <div> '<I>Into the mosaic of victory I lay this priceless piece. My dearest son.</I>'</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20226155#" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20226"><U><IMG SRC="45a718f0.png" border=0 width="113" height="143" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT><I>      </I><FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I><B>We Will Remember Them</B></I></FONT><I>      </I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20226155#" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20226"><U><IMG SRC="45a718f0.png" border=0 width="113" height="143" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.cwgc.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cwgc.org"><U><B>cwgc.org</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20226155#" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20226"><U><I><IMG SRC="81520580.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="600" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <I>The life that I have</I></div> <div> <I> Is all that I have</I></div> <div> <I> And the life that I have</I></div> <div> <I> Is yours</I></div> <bR> <div> <I> The love that I have</I></div> <div> <I> Of the life that I have</I></div> <div> <I> Is yours and yours and yours</I></div> <bR> <div> <I> A sleep I shall have</I></div> <div> <I> A rest I shall have</I></div> <div> <I> Yet death will be but a pause</I></div> <bR> <div> <I> For the peace of my years</I></div> <div> <I> In the long green grass</I></div> <div> <I> Will be yours and yours and yours </I></div> <bR> <div> by <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_That_I_Have" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_Th"><U><B>Leo Marks</B></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> [This short poem was used as a '<I>poem code</I>' during World War II]</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="11ab1e1e0.jpg" border=0 width="30" height="30" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="11ab1e1e0.jpg" border=0 width="30" height="30" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="11ab1e1e0.jpg" border=0 width="30" height="30" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> ***********************************************************************************</div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="791586a0.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="362" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div>                    photo courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7ae19200.png" border=0 width="25" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <B>Albert Fenton Drakes</B><I>, Private 22759, 2nd Bn., Lincolnshire Regiment who died on Sunday, 4th March 1917. Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel-le-Grand, Somme, France. Grave Reference/ Panel Number: VIII. D. 25.</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ***********************************************************************************</div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="7aa20e40.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="484" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> Steam Trawlers at Grimsby, Lincs. in 1901; these would be very similar to those at Hull, Yorks.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7ae19200.png" border=0 width="25" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <B>Amos Drakes</B><I> was born on 8.5.1885 at Kingston upon Hull, Yorks., the sixth of seven children of Amos Watson Drakes and Hannah Maria Revill (Revell). He died on 30.3.1915, aged 29, as a deckhand on board H.M. Trawler 'The Roman' in 1915, during WWI, probably at sea as he is not listed in the GRO death index. He was unmarried and had no issue. He is remembered at Hedon Road Cemetery, Hull, Yorks.; Reference/Panel Number: 252. 16. </I><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2740559/drakes,-amos/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casua"><U><B>cwgc.org (Amos Drakes)</B></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ***********************************************************************************</div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="79358950.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="405" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div>                   photo courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7ae19200.png" border=0 width="25" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <B>Charles Leslie Drakes</B><I>, Guardsman 2654176, 3rd Bn., Coldstream Guards who died on Thursday, 27th July 1944, aged 34. He was the son of Charles Edward and Elizabeth Drakes, and husband of Ellen Drakes, of Triangle, Yorks. Cemetery: Florence (CWGC) War Cemetery, Tuscany, Italy: Grave Reference/ Panel Number: V.B.13.</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ***********************************************************************************</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="f6597580.jpg" border=0 width="407" height="600" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                                             photo Chris Drakes</div> <bR> <div> The RAF Memorial on the Victoria Embankment of the river Thames.</div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="772902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="784b42c0.jpg" border=0 width="180" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="774902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div>                                                                              Runnymede Memorial; photos Chris Drakes (see other photos below)</div> <bR> <div> <I>The RAF War Memorial at Runnymede, Surrey - </I><I>This Memorial overlooks the River Thames on Cooper’s Hill at Englefield Green between Windsor and Egham on the A308, 4 miles from Windsor. The Air Forces Memorial at Runnymede commemorates by name over 20,000 airmen who were lost in the Second World War during operations from bases in the United Kingdom and North and Western Europe, and who have no known graves. They served in Bomber, Fighter, Coastal, Transport, Flying Training and Maintenance Commands, and came from all parts of the Commonwealth. Some were from countries in continental Europe which had been overrun but whose airmen continued to fight in the ranks of the Royal Air Force. The memorial was designed by Sir Edward Maufe with sculpture by Vernon Hill. The engraved glass and painted ceilings were designed by John Hutton and the poem engraved on the gallery window was written by Paul H Scott. Number of identified casualties: 20,353.</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="77658e20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="226" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div>                                             Runnymede Memorial; photo Chris Drakes</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7ae19200.png" border=0 width="25" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <B>David Baron Drakes</B><I>, Squadron Leader 40214, 49 Squadron, Royal Air Force.’ Son of John Baron Drakes and Doris Mary Drakes; husband of Barbara Drakes (née Beauchamp) of Teddington, Middx. Lost on air ops 1st November 1941 aged 22 and commemorated Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. He took off at 19.48 on 1.11.1941 from Scampton in Hamden I AE224 EA-Z on an anti-shipping operation, and was shot down by flak off the Frisian Islands; this was the first Hampden aircraft to be lost from a night anti-shipping operation.</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="a1158c60.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="454" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> photo of Memorial in Thimbleby Church, Lincolnshire, courtesy: David Coulam</div> <bR> <div> ***********************************************************************************</div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="797589b0.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="411" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >photo courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7ae19200.png" border=0 width="25" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <B>Frank Herbert Drakes</B><I>, Private 1455, 10th Bn., Lincolnshire Regiment, who died on Saturday, 1st July 1916. Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, Thiepval, Somme, France. Grave Reference/ Panel Number: Pier and Face 1 C.</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ***********************************************************************************</div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="79b58c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div>                                                       Arras Memorial; photo Chris Drakes</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7ae19200.png" border=0 width="25" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <B>Fred Dracass</B><I>, Private 201824, 2nd/5th Bn., Lincolnshire Regiment, who died 21.3.1918, United Kingdom, Bay 3&4 Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="8b9c3f40.jpg" border=0 width="451" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="8bad7f50.jpg" border=0 width="215" height="501" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div>                                                                               photos courtesy of John Gage</div> <bR> <div> Pte. F. Dracass on Boston War Memorial, Lincs.</div> <bR> <div> ***********************************************************************************</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="79958960.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="406" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div>                  photo courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7ae19200.png" border=0 width="25" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <B>George Harold Leopold Drakes</B><I>, Private 4805012, 4th Bn., Lincolnshire Regiment, who died on Monday, 17th July 1944, aged 24. He was the son of John William and Ciss Drakes; husband of Lilian Annie Drakes, of Coleby, Lincs. Cemetery: Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery, Calvados, France. Grave Reference/ Panel Number: XI. H. 1.</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ***********************************************************************************</div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="7a6832c0.jpg" border=0 width="387" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  </I><I><IMG SRC="819832c0.jpg" border=0 width="387" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> Some of the 1942 bombsites in Norwich, Norfolk, which affected domestic and industrial locations.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7ae19200.png" border=0 width="25" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <B>George William Dracass</B><I>, Civilian War Dead, died 27.4.1942, aged 64, United Kingdom. Son of Leslie Dracass, of 7, Bakers Road; husband of Emma S. Dracass, of 25, Alma Terrace. Died at 182, Waterloo Road, Norwich, Norfolk. Cemetery: County Borough of Norwich. Number of identified casualties: 339. </I><I>In April 1942, during the Luftwaffe's so-called 'Baedeker Blitz' raids, several 500 kg bombs exploded in the Norwich area.</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ***********************************************************************************</div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="7a958950.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="405" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div>                   photo courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7ae19200.png" border=0 width="25" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <B>Harry Drax</B> (b.<I>1886) Gunner (A/Bdr) No. 94243, served with the 235th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artilery Regiment. He died of wounds, as a casualty of war, on 10.7.1918 at Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, aged 32. He was buried at Hagle Dump Cemetery, Ieper, Ypres, Belgium, plot: I. J. 3.</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ***********************************************************************************</div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="8cd58420.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="578" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div>                                                                   photo courtesy of John Gage</div> <bR> <div> H. Dracass RAF, Hagworthingham Churchyard War Memorial, Lincs.</div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="118158dc0.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="220" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div>                                              Runnymede Memorial; photo Chris Drakes</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7ae19200.png" border=0 width="25" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <B>Hugh Dracass</B><I>, Sergeant 1112246, 61 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 29.3.1942, aged 21, United Kingdom, Son of Charles Ernest and Eva Dracass, of Hagworthingham, Lincolnshire. Panel 82, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="7ac58c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div>                                           photo Chris Drakes (see other photos above)</div> <div> <I>View over the Thames from Runnymede Memorial</I></div> <bR> <div> ***********************************************************************************</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="118420520.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="594" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                                                                        Waterloo Station Memorial; photo Chris Drakes</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7ae19200.png" border=0 width="25" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <B>Joseph Henry Drakes </B><I>(b.1889) is remembered on the Southern Railway Employees War Memorial at Waterloo Station, London (top left). </I></div> <bR> <div> <I>In Memory of Joseph Henry Drakes, Lance Corporal 8598, 2nd Bn., York and Lancaster Regiment, who died on Tuesday, 12th September 1916, aged 27. He was the son of Robert and Mary Drakes, of Belton, Lincs., and the husband of Emily Drakes, of Rochester Terrace, Buckhurst Rd., Frimley Green near Farnham, Surrey. He is buried / remembered, with honour, at the Flatiron Copse (CWGC) Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France: Grave Reference / Panel Number: III. I. 6.</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ***********************************************************************************</div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="79d582f0.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="303" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div>                  photo courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7ae19200.png" border=0 width="25" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <B>Michael Ben Drakes</B><I> (b.1922) was ‘killed in action’ at El Alamein, Egypt on 23.10.1942, aged 20. He was Corporal WX5954, A.I.F. 2/28 Bn., Australian Infantry who died on Friday, 23.10.1942, aged 20. He is remembered on the War Memorial at El Alamein War Cemetery, Alamein, Egypt. Grave Reference/ Panel Number: XVI. A. 17.</I><I> </I>(see his brother 'Stewart Ian Drakes' below)</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ***********************************************************************************</div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="79f58810.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="385" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div>                  photo courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7ae19200.png" border=0 width="25" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <B>Percy William Drakes</B><I>, MM, Lieutenant, 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Central Ontario Regt.) who died on Saturday, 16th September 1916, aged 32. He was the son of Elizabeth Drakes, of The Manor House, Gringley, Doncaster, Yorks. Cemetery: Contay British Cemetery, Contay, Somme, France. Grave Reference/ Panel Number: II. A. 3.</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ***********************************************************************************</div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="2ea1a3d0.jpg" border=0 width="282" height="317" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  </I></div> <div> photo courtesy of Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7ae19200.png" border=0 width="25" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <B>Stewart Ian Drakes</B><I>, Flight Sergeant 427073, Royal Australian Air Force who died on Monday, 15.11.1943, aged 19. He is remembered on the Rabaul War Memorial, Papua, New Guinea. Panel Number 35. (</I>see '<FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ian"><U><B>Ian</B></U></A></FONT>' & his brother 'Michael Ben Drakes' above)</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="7a158c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery; photo courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission</div> <bR> <div> ***********************************************************************************</div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="8b1905a0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="602" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> Welton War Memorial, Lincolnshire</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7ae19200.png" border=0 width="25" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <B>Robert Drakes </B>(wounded), <B>Maurice Drakes</B>, <B>Stanley Drakes</B>. On another Welton village war memorial, a stone cross at the edge of the churchyard, the full names of the men appear. There is also a brass plaque on a wooden surround on the wall in St. Mary’s Church, which details all the men who served, who died, who were wounded, and who were prisoners of war: ‘<I>To the glory of God and in honour of the men of this parish of Welton St. Mary’s, Lincoln, who joined the British Army for the Great War 1914 – 1918, </I>[the list includes] <I>Drakes Robert (W)</I> [wounded] <I>- Drakes Maurice - Drakes Stanley. Honour to whom honour is due. Alfred Hunt, M.A. Vicar of Welton.</I>’</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ***********************************************************************************</div> <bR> <div> <I>Into my heart an air that kills</I></div> <div> <I>From yon far country blows:</I></div> <div> <I>What are those blue remembered hills,</I></div> <div> <I>What spires, what farms are those?</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>That is the land of lost content,</I></div> <div> <I>I see it shining plain,</I></div> <div> <I>The happy highways where I went</I></div> <div> <I>And cannot come again.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>In my own shire, if I was sad,</I></div> <div> <I>Homely comforters I had:</I></div> <div> <I>The earth, because my heart was sore,</I></div> <div> <I>Sorrowed for the son she bore;</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>And standing hills, long to remain,</I></div> <div> <I>Shared their short-lived comrade's pain.</I></div> <div> <I>And bound for the same bourn as I,</I></div> <div> <I>On every road I wandered by,</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Trod beside me, close and dear,</I></div> <div> <I>The beautiful and death-struck year:</I></div> <div> <I>Whether in the woodland brown</I></div> <div> <I>I heard the beechnut rustle down,</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>And saw the purple crocus pale</I></div> <div> <I>Flower about the autumn dale;</I></div> <div> <I>Or littering far the fields of May</I></div> <div> <I>Lady-smocks a-bleaching lay,</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>And like a skylit water stood</I></div> <div> <I>The bluebells in the azured wood.</I></div> <div> <I>Yonder, lightening other loads,</I></div> <div> <I>The seasons range the country roads,</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>......................................</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Turn safe to rest, no dreams, no waking;</I></div> <div> <I>And here, man, here's the wreath I've made:</I></div> <div> <I>'Tis not a gift that's worth the taking,</I></div> <div> <I>But wear it and it will not fade.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Bring, in this timeless grave to throw,</I></div> <div> <I>No cypress, sombre on the snow;</I></div> <div> <I>Snap not from the bitter yew</I></div> <div> <I>His leaves that live December though;</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Break no rosemary, bright with rime</I></div> <div> <I>And sparkling to the cruel clime;</I></div> <div> <I>Nor plod the winter land to look</I></div> <div> <I>For willows in the icy brook</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>To cast them leafless round him: bring</I></div> <div> <I>No spray that ever buds in spring.</I></div> <div> <I>  But if the Christmas field has kept</I></div> <div> <I>Awns the last gleaner overstept,</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Or shrivelled flax, whose flower is blue</I></div> <div> <I>A single season, never two;</I></div> <div> <I>Or if one haulm whose year is o'er</I></div> <div> <I>Shivers on the upland frore,</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Oh, bring from hill and stream and plain</I></div> <div> <I>Whatever will not flower again,</I></div> <div> <I>To give him comfort: he and those</I></div> <div> <I>Shall bide eternal bedfellows.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>......................................</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>I hoed and trenched and weeded,</I></div> <div> <I>And took the flowers to fair:</I></div> <div> <I>I brought them home unheeded;</I></div> <div> <I>The hue was not the wear.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>So up and down I sow them</I></div> <div> <I>For lads like me to find,</I></div> <div> <I>When I shall lie below them,</I></div> <div> <I>A dead man out of mind.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Some seed the birds devour,</I></div> <div> <I>And some the season mars,</I></div> <div> <I>But here and there will flower</I></div> <div> <I>The solitary stars,</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>And fields will yearly bear them</I></div> <div> <I>As light-leaved spring comes on,</I></div> <div> <I>And luckless lads will wear them</I></div> <div> <I>When I am dead and gone.</I></div> <bR> <div> Extracted from: <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iwP2xUJyMwwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=a+shropshire+lad&source=bl&ots=dImAI5CAO4&sig=KlXULyBZwHo7wU0O1cQzm8CWcCc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6k8hUKLlO9Gb1AWAloHYCA&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=a%20shropshire%20lad&f=false" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iwP2x"><U><I><B>A Shropshire Lad</B></I></U></A></FONT>, by A. E. Housman, 1887, the full version runs to 64 pages.</div> <bR> <div> ***********************************************************************************</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>