Lichfield Cathedral, 2011.
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The words of Wilfred Owen are still the most powerful I've read on the horrors of war. Explore Nov 11, 2012 #379
DULCE ET DECORUM EST
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind.
Gas! Gas! Quick, boys! – An ecstasy of fumbling,
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling,
And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime . . .
Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.
If in some smothering dreams you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est
Pro patria mori.
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Stained glass window at Lichfield Cathedral, 2011.
An earlier set from Lichfield - www.flickr.com/photos/petezab/sets/72157624963696975/
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A few documentary images taken at the Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery which contains the graves of German nationals who lost their lives in the United Kingdom during the two World Wars. The site is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and contains nearly 5000 burials.
Each memorial normally has four names, two on either side.
More information here - www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=400726...
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A few documentary images taken at the Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery which contains the graves of German nationals who lost their lives in the United Kingdom during the two World Wars. The site is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and contains nearly 5000 burials.
More information here - www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=400726...
Tags: war grave memorial German military Staffordshire WW1 WW2 “World War” cemetery Canon EOS 50D Sigma 17-70 f/2.8-4 DC MACRO OS petezab Peter Zabulis England Great Britain Black and White mono b&w Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgraberfursorge
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