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Hi, all...anyone who wishes to add a tribute onto this old thread, please do so at any time!
This was written by Joseph Stuart Jerome - My husband's uncle...while in hospital in Colchester, Eng. between June and Aug. 1944. He was wounded on D-Day
There were no stars
to greet us that early morning,
Just machine gun bullets at dawn.
Dead and wounded lying on the beaches,
Canadian blood running red in the sand.
Grey, cloudy French skies above us,
Angry Norman seas behind.
German soldiers “dug in” in front of us,
Fighting o'er the same foreign land.
Battleships firing bright off the water,
Fighter planes high overhead
Shot and shells screaming in the dawning,
Canadian blood running red in the sand.
Braver hearts never left their homeland
To fight on some far foreign shore.
Dead and wounded lying on the beaches-
Canadian blood running red in the sand.
When the great war of might is over
And I'm home with my loved ones once more.
I know I'll never forget that sad dawning
When Canadian blood ran so red in Norman sands.
Metis Soldier Joe Jerome served with the Regina Rifle Regiment
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JJ,
Thank you for sharing the poem with us.
Karen
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Thanks Karen, Jim is very proud that his Dad's brothers as well as his dad fought in WW2 and he also had many great uncles who fought in WW1.
If anyone has anything they'd like to add in Remembrance...please do
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JJ
What a wonderful poem. Thank you for sharing.
Janice
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Thanks Janice....Here's the site I made to honour my own family...
http://www.members.shaw.ca/remember My parents look so sharp in uniform.
The photos were colourized back then by my mom. It's their anniversary the day
after Remembrance day... The site was their "gift" that year... :) J.J.
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Even though it's past the day, it's relevance is still related to this topic...
at the annual Louis Riel Day ceremonies, I ran into a wonderful couple I
know, a metis Veteran of WW2 and his delightful war bride, also married
60 years...
They had gone to the 60th D-Day celebration in France a year and a half
ago..and they were so pleased with their reception, as the veterans were
treated like royalty for their participation....they said one fellow,who said
he was 6 at the time...remembers his families relief .... and he thanked as
many veterans as he could.
Have to admit I didn't have a dry eye throughout...must have sprung a leak,
or something... :) J.J.
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Sgt. Brian Ignatius Joseph Daly / RAF Volunteer Reserve
Casualty: 17 / 04 /1942 / Shot down near le Vieil-Evreux
Aircraft: Lanc I L7536 KM-H Base: Waddington 44 squadron
Mom's first Fiance Brian Daly. He said he wanted to be engaged to her, but dared not talk about marriage, because he probably wouldn't make it. He didn't...To my father's credit, in honour of Brian's name, he suggested that their first born son be named after him....and he was named Bryan.
My mother and father both served overseas in WW2...Bless them...
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Oh JJ, how wonderful of your father to do that!!! :'(
Karen
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Here is John S. Carway being taken off a ship after being wounded on the Dieppe raid.
Stlill very much alive and living in N. Ontario.
Great Idea J.J.
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That is a lovely poem, J.J.
I know that I have some kin over there who served but haven't yet followed them through, so here's in memory of my Burgess kin.
I didn't know you but you are in my thoughts.
Gadget
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To All,
What a marvelous thought to remember all.
In memory of my Great Uncle, a Merchant Seaman - Welsh Blood.
The SS Tregenna.
Picture yourself in a convoy on a wild September day,
Astern of a ship named Tregenna – just three cables away,
She’s steaming along at eight knots, with a cargo of steel in the hold,
Pitching heavy in head seas, into the spray and the cold.
When all of a sudden a U-boat dodging the escort screen,
Fired a salvo of tinfish, tracking through fast… unseen,
This lethal spread of torpedoes became Tregenna`s death knell,
Just as her bow descended, headlong into the swell.
It was a fatal plunge that the ship was in,
Breached below her deck-line, through the plates so thin,
Her freight stowed heavy and low, beneath an empty space,
Quickly led to foundering, when water took its place.
The ocean rushed in so quickly, leaving no time to prepare,
She dived on her nose and kept going, stern shot high in the air,
The watch on the bridge jumped clear, perchance or not to drown,
Only four abandoned her - as the ship went down.
Now you have the story when in the vessel astern,
Two minutes it took to reach there, horrified to learn,
There was no sign of Tregenna - just Atlantic waves,
Thirty three men within her, bound to deep sea graves.
Sinkings were so frequent on a convoy’s run,
But our merchant seamen still defied the Hun,
One reason why our monument stands there to remember,
Is for the likes of these men, who died here that September.
J.S.Earl Bristol M.N.A. Nov. `05
The list of crewmen who died that day are listed at
http://www.ss-tregenna.co.uk
Bye
Road Runner
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Hi, all...anyone who wishes to add a tribute onto this old thread, please do!
Canadian Blood
This was written by Joe Jerome - My husband's uncle...
while in hospital in Colechester, Eng. between June and Aug. 1944.
There were no stars
to greet us that early morning,
Just machine gun bullets at dawn.
Dead and wounded lying on the beaches,
Canadian blood running red in the sand.
Grey, cloudy French skies above us,
Angry Norman seas behind.
German soldiers “dug in” in front of us,
Fighting o'er the same foreign land.
Battleships firing bright off the water,
Fighter planes high overhead
Shot and shells screaming in the dawning,
Canadian blood running red in the sand.
Braver hearts never left their homeland
To fight on some far foreign shore.
Dead and wounded lying on the beaches-
Canadian blood running red in the sand.
When the great war of might is over
And I'm home with my loved ones once more.
I know I'll never forget that sad dawning
When Canadian blood ran so red in Norman sands.
Joe Jerome served with the Regina Rifle Regiment
Metis Soldier Joe Jerome
(http://www.members.shaw.ca/remember/Images/metis_flag_web.GIF)
re to all Canadian service we will Remember them> most of all on the 11 hour 11 day 11 month and all service personnel from all the wars past and pre we will remember them don't forget the service war family that are left at home ,.
from kev
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Ricky1 has a kind offer on here -
www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,131237.0.html
Very moving poem, J.J. It's such a sad time of year, isn't it?
Monica
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I removed the link from the Resource board, so will add the link to our
WELLINGTON BOMBER ( Canadian Crew ) MF-509 / Nov. 20th 1944
crash on Carreg Goch posting for those who have not read it.....It is a
long read, but worthwhile... J.J.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,101535.0.html
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My Dtr-in-laws Father & Uncle in Cesena Italy kindly took these photos for me of a cousins grave & the general area which is beautifully looked after. Too many to post here.
Kindly redirected here from a different thread.Thanks J.J.
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For those of you who are interested there is a new movie called Passchendaele ...Paul Gross writes, produces & stars...I think he even wrote the song at the end. It certainly has its moments and although he uses his grandfather's name it is only loosely based on his stories as told to Paul...
I went in thinking it would be sappy and mediocre, but it is epic and VERY well acted....The romance has it's rolling eyes moments but for the most part it actually ties in well with the whole story...
and there were few dry eyes in the house...
Warning though...no young ones...not sure how it's rated...but it is extremely graphic in it's depiction of battle scenes....
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Again, feel free to add your family's wartime memories or photos to the thread
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OOh JJ, I told hubby last night I wanted to go and see it, thanks for the review. A friend of mine is stationed out in Calgargy and was an extra in the movie.
Karen
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War Monuments in Canada...this isn't really a resource, so thought I'd add the link to the thread...
http://www.cdli.ca/monuments/
and again, please feel free to add any photos or words of remembrance to the thread...
( your ancestor doesn't need to have been Canadian,ours began life in Scotland after all)
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Remembrance Day 2013... feel free to share your family's wartime memories or photos to the thread at any time.... J.J.
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While this isn't my family, it's something I'd like to share...
I work at St Michael's Theological College in Cardiff (Wales) and I'm doing some research on behalf of the College in time for the 100th anniversary of the start of WW1 next year. on reading through the Llandaff diocesan magazine for the years covering the Great War, I see the then Bishop of Landaff had asked for details of the sons of clergy who were involved.
Revd John Jenkins was the vicar of Llantwit Fadre and five of his sons were caught up in the war; two sons had obviously emigrated to Canada and fought with the Canadians.
Morgan Jones Jenkins was a private in No3 Company, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. He died on 28 Aug 1918 and is commemorated at Vimy. David John Carpenhurst Jenkins was a sergeant in the 5th Canadian Batt. Light Horse. He died on 9 April 1916 at Ypres.
While I think that the 3 other sons survived the war, one was wounded at Gallipoli.
I've planted a cross at the War Memorial in Llandaff for them
RuthieB
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What a wonderful gesture to honour them, RuthieB
I imagine you have seen this publication "Roll of the sons and daughters of the Anglican Church clergy throughout the world and of the naval and military chaplains of the same who gave their lives in the Great War, 1914-1918. by Richard Ussher"
http://archive.org/stream/rollofsonsdaught00usshrich#page/16/mode/2up
My Mum's cousin is listed...I believe he was the only child who survived childbirth and childhood illnesses...KIA 1917
Have you seen this site? http://www.anglican.ca/amo/history/
During the First World War, 524 clergymen served in the Canadian Chaplain Service. Of this number 447 served overseas....
Excerpt:"At first, the chaplains were misunderstood. They were used to look after canteens and entertainment. Eventually these duties were handed over to auxiliary forces such as the YMCA and the chaplains moved forward into the trenches. Years of suffering and sorrow stripped away every personal disguise and every religious trapping. Denominational barriers faded as the chaplains called upon every spiritual resource they could muster to meet the challenges of suffering and death."
http://presbyterianrecord.ca/2013/11/01/remembering-the-padres/
http://www.cchahistory.ca/journal/CCHA2003/Pelletier.htm
http://www.cchahistory.ca/journal/CCHA1995/Crerar.pdf
http://www.cchahistory.ca/journal/CCHA1939-40/O%27Gorman.pdf
Known ww2 War dead from the Canadian Chaplain Service
http://www.canadaatwar.ca/memorial/world-war-ii/regiment/1/Canadian%20Chaplain%20Service/
Rev. John Weir Foote Dieppe August 19th, 1942 Canadian Chaplain Services
The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry received the Victoria Cross
http://www.cefresearch.ca/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8219&view=previous
also: Some British Army Chaplains killed in ww1
http://www.theygavetheirtoday.com/army-chaplains-ww1.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_chaplain
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Hadn't seen either so I'm extremely pleased to see these resources :D
Very many thanks
RuthieB
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Was away most of the day...so sorry that I am late....but renewing to remember those who served, tributes may be added by anyone who wishes to, of course...
(http://www.members.shaw.ca/remember/1poppy.GIF) Here is a link to the resource thread for WW1 & WW2 etc. on the Canada Resource board http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=326105.0