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Published Poet and Author is producing a book of poetry in aid of SSAFA would like to receive submissions from any interested soldiers, sailors or airmen. Please get in touch with Christine Rogers by email overthewater76@yahoo.co.uk

On Hearing of One More Death
On that fateful day Pte Tom Smith (ne Atkins) Was killed By a roadside bomb >>

By Maj PLC Crook TD RWxY

the oldest soldier
They wheeled him out to face some friendly cameras >>

By Maj PLC Crook TD RWxY

tommy atkins
Tommy Atkins went to war >>

By Paul Simmonds

repatriation
The leviathan of the sky does land >>
By Andy McFarlane

An Army Soldier
I don't know where I'm going, but I'll tell you where I've been >>

By Cpl K Zilke

ALL THE QUEEN`S MEN
The guns have fallen silent, nothing but peace all around >>

By Ex Gunner Barry L J Winters

heroes
I serfed Queen and country, our freedom to defend >>

By Adrian Ford

in the rain
As I stand in the rain, you will all feel the pain >>

By Lorraine Cole

we owe a debt
We owe a debt, so hard to pay >>

By Janet Rose
Passmore

heroes
The heroes who have left us >>
By Laura

Goodbye Young Soldier
We said goodbye tonight >>
By Sgt John Norbury

the last patrol
White faced, we left the base, time for one last look around >>

By Colin N Clark

The Modern British Army
From their camp base, the young men face, another dawn patrol >>

By Don Filliston, MBE

The Fusiliers
With pride and grace he did wear >>

By C A Rodgers

who am i ...
I walk the earth and its unending
challenges >>

By Tristan Hills-Bos

my hero
He wakes up lonely in a foreign land,
A far away place, full of sand.
A battle cry is His waking call >>

By B Donaldson (age 10)

comrades - vi et armis
Some things were said >>

By Ed O'Donnell

sunset vigil
The news is spread far and wide >>

By Andy McFarlane

"TAKE CARE SON"
"Goodbye son",his eyes fill up, "See you soon,take care. >>

By Lorraine Cole

a prayer for our soldiers
As we all lay down to sleep we pray for the lives of our soldiers >>

By Michaela Turner

Painful memories forever
In solitude my mind drfts back to days so painful >>
By Tom Balch

daisy chain
He sits at the vacant table, in the vacant café, vacant eyes >>

By David Waites

high street of tears
A small town a large street >>

By Peter Clair

my heroine
My Aunty Linda, left her little man >>

By Courtney Wilson

RAMC
Tales of courage and sacrifice >>

By Helen Bailey

a soldiers prayer
A soldier walked into church one day >>

By Mike Neish

WOOTTON BASSETT
Wootton Bassett again bows its head >>

By Janet Rose
Passmore

Armed Forces
There are many such as we. From distant past and long will be>>

By Robert A Plummer

coming home
There are many such as we. From distant past and long will be>>

By Colin N Clark

Bomb Disposals – Mind Proposals
As they swept the sun baked ground,
Searching out the I.E.D’s, Soldiers, highly geared to sound >>

By Don Filliston, MBE

The Army Wife
The military world where I live, no green kit do I wear or salute do I give >>

By Wendy McEvoy

The Army Wife
Today we come to welcome you On the final leg >>

By Dhush Selvarajah

THE CHOSEN FEW
Where are they now have they gone >>

By Davy Jackson


"And They Marched" (True Friendship and Courage) by Laura Walsh - A Tribute to All Serving Troops

 

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