Quote of the Day: Armistice Day, 11th November 2013

"WHEN YOU GO HOME, TELL THEM OF US AND SAY

FOR YOUR TOMORROW, WE GAVE OUR TODAY"


Epitaph carved on the memorial for  the 2nd British Division in the cemetery of Kohima in India. It is thought to have been written by John Maxwell Edmonds (1875-1958) and believed to have been inspired by the epitaph written by Simonides to honour the Spartans who fell at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC.

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