We must never forget - In Honour of Armistice Day

Nicely done

That is beautiful babes.. Brilliantly done hugs xxx

Terrific work Jilli!

This is really amazing and beautiful dear friend, you are right, we must never foreget those special people!

Wonderful sentiments my dear. Well done! :))

Fabulous work!

Wow – really impressive image you’ve come up with from here – it really is striking and a very fitting tribute indeed

Superb work Jilli. I totally agree with your sentiments.I will be at the Cenotaph on 11/11.

beautiful and fitting tribute Jill , my grandad was gassed in the first world war …he lived but died a young man a few years after it …..thank you for this wonderful work

amen my friend stunning and moving work huggs Dxx

That is fantastically done!!!

Absolutely Gorgeous! Love it

Every time I look at this image it just gets better.. Well done Jilli :)

You’ve designed a brilliant piece of work Jilli. Well done, and congratulations on the feature. Well deserved.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

Please do.
The Ode comes from For the Fallen, a poem by the English poet and writer Laurence Binyon and was published in London in the Winnowing Fan; Poems of the Great War in 1914. The verse, which became the League Ode was already used in association with commemoration services in Australia in 1921.

The full version:

FOR THE FALLEN

With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children
England mourns for her dead across the sea,
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.

Solemn the drums thrill: Death august and royal
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres,
There is music in the midst of desolation
And glory that shines upon our tears.

They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow,
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again,
They sit no more at familiar tables of home,
They have no lot in our labour of the daytime,
They sleep beyond England’s foam.

But where our desires and hopes profound,
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known
As the stars are known to the night.

As the stars shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain,
As the stars that are stary in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end, they remain.

nice tribute and my favors , wonderful work, & thanks for comment also

Awesome tribute..fantastic work too… and beautiful verse from Philip.. xxxxxx

wow! extremely clever processing, well done indeed

Beautiful!!

Nice Job, quite creative and meaningful. Although I might add, that an important way to remember those who sacrifice for us, is to ensure our leaders never send them frivolously or for the wrong reasons into harms way—but as Vet. I appreciate your thoughts.

jillian this is utterly amazing and such a powerful message and trubute.

While the image is breathtaking, so is the message and coupling with chosen verse.

Fantastic tribute
congrats..

_{WOW-STUNNING-GORGEOUS MIX OF BRONZES, STEELY GRAYS, AND LUSH BLOOD REDS!}

so beautiful and yet deeply moving.

lovely work…

saw you said you needed some hugs today (while over at Mr. throw me a smile)... so I thought I’d come over here and toss you some friendly hugs girlfriend :) Your images and your profile are beautiful :)

this is so beautiful.. what a meaningful tribute.. and the words ..sigh…. all so gorgeous

outstanding,

Wonderful picture. We should never forget the sacrifices made made by so many in the two World Wars. Also those of all the other conflicts created by Politicians and crazy fanatics.
As the Beatles once sang “Give Peace a Chance”

Awesome!

Absolutely glorious colour selecting, the approaching mass of the cloud heralding the flood of tears to come.. and the head stones to represent those before us.. Brilliantly merged instant fav!

You know, there is this classical Japanese haiku:

“Summer grasses:
all that remains of great soldiers’
imperial dreams”

Basho

Your image comes as its perfect illustration.
/hugs

Wonderful image, just beautiful!
Lest we forget …

Wonderful tribute – and bless Phil and Stu for sharing their images in this way.
Congratulations on the Home Page Feature 11.11.09. Lest we forget …

A wonderful tribute….........

Wonderful image, congrats on homepage feature

Congratulations on having your image featured on the Red Bubble home page.
This is a touching tribute.
Rememberance Day 2009. (November 11th 2009).
Lest We Forget.

hugz.. to our soldiers. and to your home page. bless ya

Powerful image – beautiful work

Oh, this is beautiful and wonderful! Well done, Jilli. And, congrats on the well-deserved homepage feature.

What a beautiful photo

amazing and powerful capture, well done, i always get very emotional on this day and home page isn’t helping, congratulations

SALUTE!

Brilliant work and treatment! Congrats on making frontpage!

Massive congratulations on making the front page babes! That’s fantastic! :)))) hugs xxx

Fantastic…a true honour to our fallen men and woman. Well done and congratulations on a very deserving RB feature!