September 3rd 1939

Brendan Buxton
Sep 2, 2018 · 2 min read

He was not that much older than you

When Chamberlain’s soft and shattered voice

Announced the for-so-long dreaded news,

The family round the wireless. Just a boy,

Not much younger than his dad had been

When he’d seen out the last one’s end,

Mopping up the mess at Gallipoli:

One I barely knew; one I never met.

Last night, while you slept, I watched The Dam Busters

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