We do not need to be reminded, but this poem is very apt for this time of year
Why Wear a Poppy
by Don Crawford
“Please wear a Poppy”, the lady said
And held one forth, but I shook my head,
Then I stopped and watched as she offered them there,
And her face was old and lined with...
I’m sorry to say that two RAMC members have passed away.
One was John "Jock" McCran. John joined the RAMC in 1947 and retired in 1973.
The second 2Lt Cadet Medical Officers, Ben St Joseph who died in a climbing accident...
In Flanders field the poppies blow
between the crosses row on row
And in the sky the larks still bravely singing
Fly scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead, short days ago we lived
felt dawn, saw sunset glow.
Loved and were loved
And now in Flanders Fields
Take up our quarrel with the...
After Remembrance we all walk away
Back to our lives, for which they gave
Their Life, their Blood, their bodies torn
Their shattered minds so alone
Remember the Dead, but the Living too
Deserve Remembrance, a thought from you
Wounded and scarred, they live each day
With Wars memory, the...
MARCH 2003 CASUALTIES
Eight British service personnel died when a helicopter crashed on 21 March 2003. The Britons, from 3 Commando Brigade, were Colour Sergeant John Cecil, Lance Bombardier Llywelyn Karl Evans, Captain Philip Stuart Guy, Marine Sholto Hedenskog, Sergeant Les Hehir, Operator...
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