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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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A moth-eaten rag on a worm-eaten pole,
It does not look likely to a stir a man's soul,
'Tis the deeds that were done 'neath the moth-eaten rag,
When the pole was a staff, and the rag was a flag.
- Sir Edward Hamley (27 April 1824 – 12 August 1893)
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June 2
1916: MOUNT SORREL, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 13 June 16)
1917: VC won by William Avery Bishop, Royal Flying Corps, near Cambrai, France
1953: The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
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