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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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July 5
1900: VC won by Sgt Arthur Herbert Lindsay Richardson, Strathcona's Horse, Wolve Spruit, Standerton
1943: Germans launch Operation Zitadelle to eliminate the Kursk salient
1945: Philippines declared liberated
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