PASSCHENDAELE - THE FINAL CALL

Captain James Willard fought and died in the First World War. Only through his words will he be remembered....
http://www.thelandofgrimney.co.uk/stories.php?ID=78
Here you can see a photographs of James Wllard and family. and read a brief history of his brief life.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• War
• Poetry
• performing
• arts
• visual

[Grimnian]

A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES WILLARD can be accessed via the link.

[tessler6868]

i've included this fine video in my "soldiers Speak" playlist. thank you

[Grimnian]

Thank you. That is very kind of you

[tessler6868]

how can "captain james willard" be an Unkown Soldier?

[Grimnian]

He wrote the poem, I think he is talking about other people being forgottten , as he himself nearly was.

[LordFlatbush]

Grimnian... I have been to The Land Of Grimney. It's astonishing stuff.

[Grimnian]

Thank you. Very kind of you to say that. Did you follow the link from my Channel?

[DevilKissSixSixSix]

God,that was real sad. I'm young, and don't know about this man. Although I'm so sorry about his death, and all those other men who died. What a great writer he was. War is so awful : (

[TheFallingSoul]

Long poem. Who is the actor? Good voice.

[PilotBoris]

quite a man, and a caring officer as well, but one of the many who were to die in the closing months of the war. wherever he lies now he is with his lads, another unknown soldier to join the ranks.

[Teasercop]

@PoetHunter impossible to know. We still find underground mollholes, ammunition, body's, mines ... Some body's (bone remains) can be identified if they still wear some id plaques but after all these years burried in clay nothing much remains. You sould visit our Westhoek.

[PoetHunter]

I meant to say that he is a lesser known war poet! I type too quick!

[PoetHunter]

Thanks for the biography, fascinating insight into a lesser know war poet. I wonder how many died with their work completely lost?

[nunatic1234]

men that fought there are true heros