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Dear Nancy Unfortunately, he didn't but records indicate that very few recognisable bodies remained even to bury - hence his name just on the memorial. My grandmother is long dead now, but never spoke of him. Her niece incidentally has just retired as a Lieutenant in Miami City police force. Before I knew of her occcupation, she mentioned in passing in an email that she was 'in the business of death', so I enquired whether she meant that she worked at a funeral parlour / undertakers ! On 12 November 2012 16:54, Nancy Gish <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear David, > > The memory you sent is moving. Did he leave any written comments on the > War? > Nancy > > >>> David Boyd **11/12/12 11:49 AM >>> > > http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1640845/MYERS,%20CHRISTOPHER > - my grandmother's brother. RIP. > > On 12 November 2012 16:15, David Boyd <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntt3wy-L8Ok >> (Can't help thinking, with unbridled contempt, about Larkin's line about >> 'that sinister wreath-rubbish in Whitehall). >> On 12 November 2012 03:16, P <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> Rembrance Day, the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh >>> month is taken very seriously in Canada which generally is not a big fan of >>> militarism. The signature piece of Rembrance Day is probably the most >>> famous of Canadian poems, "In Flander's Fields" byJohn McCrae. The second >>> verse reminds me of Eliot's "The Hollow Men": >>> >>> 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. >>> >> >> >