Hope that all were as shocked as I was to read about the continous desecration of War Memorials Terry > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:58:06 +0000 > Subject: [YORKSHIRE] In remembrance > > My second cousin twice removed > > Name: Lawrence Ovington > Birth Place: Redcar > Residence: Northallerton > Death Date: 16 Nov 1916 > Enlistment Location: Middlesbrough > Rank: Sergeant > Regiment: Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) > Battalion: 4th Battalion. > Number: 5714 > Type of Casualty: Killed in action > > My third cousin twice removed > > George William OVINGTON HLI b1891 Brotton son of William OVINGTON & Margaret > HICKS > > > And for all others who fought and supported the War effort, incredible > bravery one and all > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > In Flanders Fields > > In Flanders fields the poppies blow > Between the crosses, row on row, > That mark our place; and in the sky > The larks, still bravely singing, fly > Scarce heard amid the guns below. > > We are the Dead. Short days ago > We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, > Loved, and were loved, and now we lie > In Flanders fields. > > Take up our quarrel with the foe: > To you from failing hands we throw > The torch; be yours to hold it high. > If ye break faith with us who die > We shall not sleep, though poppies grow > In Flanders fields. > > (Major John McCrae - 3rd May 1915) > > > > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live: Friends get your Flickr, Yelp, and Digg updates when they e-mail you. http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_3:092010