Category Archives: epitaph

Motivation Monday, Iain Rice, Influencer

Posted on October 10, 2022 by bawdsey

This weekend the hobby lost one of its greatest influencers, Iain Rice. So why might that be a motivation? Well Iain was a prolific writer and modeller across the hobby, not only here in the UK but its fair to … Continue reading →

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We Shall Remember

Posted on November 8, 2020 by bawdsey
Posted in 1914, 1918, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour, epitaph, Friends, hero, history, Inspiration, life, menin gate, remember, remembrance, the great war, world war one, world war two, ww2 | Leave a comment

VE Day

Posted on May 8, 2020 by bawdsey

Written in 1944 by John Edmonds, the following epitaph seems particularly appropriate in these times. When you go home, tell them of us and say, For your tomorrow, we gave our today.

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