- Contributed by听
- Essex Action Desk
- People in story:听
- Fay Heard
- Background to story:听
- Army
- Article ID:听
- A7923224
- Contributed on:听
- 20 December 2005
Day of joy and of sadness,
Day of sorrow and of gladness,
Day of cheering and of drinking,
Day of crying and of thinking.
Day of prayer to God above,
Day of prayer for those we love,
Day of prayer for those we've lost,
Day of counting up the cost.
Day when Allies fight is done,
Day when victory is won,
Day for peace - so long expected,
Day for children - long neglected.
Day with factory wheels at rest,
Day with people in their 'best',
Day of crowds and shouts and noise,
Day of returning girls and boys.
Day of Liberty, day to pray,
Day of Victory, Victory Day.
Poem by Joe Heard, who lost two of his brothers during the war.
(Hubert, Joe's youngest brother, was in the RNVR and was called up as soon as war was declared. He served on the "Jerivs Bay" and was killed on Nov 5th 1940.
Peter was then skipper of the "Rosena" and he and his smack became part of the R N Patrol Service untill he joined the minesweepers. He was killed on Jan 7th 1943)
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