Jack
A post card photo I purchased a few years ago in a Simcoe, Ontario antique shop. Its condition is a bit rough but I consider it to be one of the last I would part with from my collection.
Written on the reverse in a small, neat feminine hand is , "This photo was taken at Poperinghe, Belgium just two days before Jack passed away which was May [ unclear - could be Mar.] 9th/16. Have cut it small so it would fit into your pocket. ' I am only one but I am one. I cannot do everything, But I can do something. What I can do I aught to do. By the grace of God I will do.' D.L. Moody
This motto helped Jack."
If that doesn't put a lump in your throat you are made of sterner stuff than I. So who was Jack? A Lance Corporal, possibly a driver to be photographed wearing those gauntlet gloves. An easy going, good natured chap I would think. One you'd warm to quickly. A good chum who'd share his last fag with you - one of the many. One who didn't make it through. So here's Jack - he'll not grow old as you and I grow old. A Canadian who served his King and country and rests forever in a foreign field. Lest we forget.
Jack
A post card photo I purchased a few years ago in a Simcoe, Ontario antique shop. Its condition is a bit rough but I consider it to be one of the last I would part with from my collection.
Written on the reverse in a small, neat feminine hand is , "This photo was taken at Poperinghe, Belgium just two days before Jack passed away which was May [ unclear - could be Mar.] 9th/16. Have cut it small so it would fit into your pocket. ' I am only one but I am one. I cannot do everything, But I can do something. What I can do I aught to do. By the grace of God I will do.' D.L. Moody
This motto helped Jack."
If that doesn't put a lump in your throat you are made of sterner stuff than I. So who was Jack? A Lance Corporal, possibly a driver to be photographed wearing those gauntlet gloves. An easy going, good natured chap I would think. One you'd warm to quickly. A good chum who'd share his last fag with you - one of the many. One who didn't make it through. So here's Jack - he'll not grow old as you and I grow old. A Canadian who served his King and country and rests forever in a foreign field. Lest we forget.