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I first saw this poem a few weeks ago, but have been unable to find any thing else about the writer...
Don't know how old it is or when.where it was written, but it seems very apt for today!!!
Anybody out there have any info...
Regards P
Don't know how old it is or when.where it was written, but it seems very apt for today!!!
Anybody out there have any info...
THE SENTRY
Thus stands the British soldier of today, yesterday, and tomorrow. It seems to have become a tradition that the British Army must always be over stretched. One man has therefore to suffice in place of two, and a battalion is assigned a commitment broad enough for a brigade. Such has been the recurring pattern over the past forty years. Officers and men have accepted it, without complaint. They would appear to be at their happiest when thrust into some god forsaken place in the world and presented with a task of awesome dimensions, that some politician somewhere has blundered and called for help. The lone sentry at the crossroads of Empire seems well aware of this great tradition and we can confidently leave the reputations and traditions of the British Army in his keeping.
James Robinson
Thus stands the British soldier of today, yesterday, and tomorrow. It seems to have become a tradition that the British Army must always be over stretched. One man has therefore to suffice in place of two, and a battalion is assigned a commitment broad enough for a brigade. Such has been the recurring pattern over the past forty years. Officers and men have accepted it, without complaint. They would appear to be at their happiest when thrust into some god forsaken place in the world and presented with a task of awesome dimensions, that some politician somewhere has blundered and called for help. The lone sentry at the crossroads of Empire seems well aware of this great tradition and we can confidently leave the reputations and traditions of the British Army in his keeping.
James Robinson
Regards P