1958

John Maxwell Edmonds

Categories: Poetry

Poet and classical scholar. Born Gloucestershire. Died Cambridge. In 1918-9 he published a few epitaphs for use on graves and memorials, including:

When you go home, tell them of us and say,
For your tomorrows these gave their today.

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Bermondsey war memorial

Quotations come from John Maxwell Edmonds and Laurence Binyon.

Burma Star Association

Rose bushes are planted in garden area behind this plaque.

Covent Garden workers - wartime casualties

When you go home tell them of us and say 'For your tomorrow we gave our today...

Cyprus Street war memorial

"They shall grow not old..." is by Binyon. "When you go home..." is by Maxwel...

End of WW2 - 60th Anniversary

'In unity progress' is the motto of Redbidge Council.

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