| Location | Reigate, Surrey |
| Age | 73 years |
| Date of Birth | 06/06/1910 |
| Date of Death | 21/05/1984 |
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Frank, my Grandad, grew his wings on 21 May 1984, aged 73. Born on 06 June 1910 in Brentford, Middlesex.
*** REST WELL, OUR HERO ***
I was only 4 years old when my Grandad passed away, but my Dad is a wonderful man and he thought the world of his Dad, that is how I know what a great man my Grandad was. Sadly taken from us in hospital - diagnosed only 2 weeks before he died with lung cancer. He had seen his doctors with pain and ill health for around 15 years but was initially told he was malingering and then tragically wrongly diagnosed with arthritis.
Another failing by the NHS resulting in the death of a much loved gentleman. I really wish I could have known him better.
β₯FOR THE MANY AND THE FEWβ₯
"War is something you have to do sometimes
to put things right in the world; it's not
something you celebrate or glorify."
- FRANK DOE - World War II veteran, 8th Army
A praise for the brave
Who answered to the call;
A salute for the fallen
Who gave of their all:
Just ordinary heroes,
Just doing of their bit-
Extraordinary things
And thinking none of it.
For those under arms,
The Many and the Few,
And in factory and field
Who did their bit to do;
For those who did battle
And fought the good fight,
Who fought to right the wrong
And sought to put it right,
Unbent and unbowed,
Through shell, shock and gore,
Uncrushed and uncowed,
And marched off to war,
Light a candle for remembrance,
Write a testament of pride,
Of deeds undiminished
By time or test or tide
And please to remember-
Lest it might be again;
Nor deny it ever was
That monsters made of men.
(Written by Les Doe, Frank's son)
We are so proud of him for his bravery during World War 2 - his story is on the BBC WW2 People's War website which my dad did an amazing job of putting together in his memory. Links to his story in the 8th Army with the Desert Rats can be found here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/64/a5696364.shtml CALLED UP WITH THE KRRC'S
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/77/a5696977.shtml GOING OVERSEAS WITH THE KRRC'S
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/73/a5697273.shtml ARRIVING IN NORTH AFRICA WITH THE KRRC'S
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/26/a5697426.shtml CAPTURE β AND ESCAPE - WITH THE DESERT RATS IN THE LIBYAN DESERT
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/77/a5697877.shtml WITH THE DESERT RATS IN NORTH AFRICA
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/29/a5698029.shtml EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE 8th ARMY
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/11/a5712211.shtml RECOLLECTION OF EL ALEMAIN
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/77/a5715777.shtml INTO ITALY AND ON TO BELGIUM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/12/a5717612.shtml JOHNNIE NORTH WITH THE KRRC'S
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/11/a5723011.shtml VICTORY CELEBRATIONS
I know he's watching down on us, and now my dear Nan, Grace, has joined him on 22 July 2007 (http://grace-amelia-doe.gonetoosoon.org). We love you both and miss you with all our hearts. Leaves 2 sons - Leslie and John, and 2 Granddaughters - Melanie and Emma.
β₯The Debt Of Gratitudeβ₯
The cruel war is fought,
The final battle done;
The warriorβs debt is settled:
For valour, laurels won.
So, hang up your uniform
And put away your gun,
For home is the hero,
Sung and unsung.
And for the debt of gratitude,
The sacrifice they made?
That debt may not be settled,
Nor ever repaid.
(Written by Les Doe)
β₯Honour Them With Prideβ₯
Honour them with pride β
These many and these few
Who did their bit to do.
Honour them with pride β
These we lost that fell,
And these who lived to tell.
Honour them with pride β
And, lest our memories dim
Of those days bygone and grim,
Honour them with pride β
Honour them with pride.
(Written by Les Doe)
*6th June 1944*
God bless our heroes
Who fell in foreign lands
Defending of our freedoms
And staying of their hands
Who raised up arms against us
And compelled us into war
And laid waste and ruin
And brought it to our door.
God bless our heroes
Who fought here at home,
Who suffered at the onslaught
And still stood fast and firm.
God bless these heroes
Who just 'carried on'
And fought the good fight
Until the fight was done.
(Written by Les Doe 6 June 2011)
β₯Hail to the heroes
Who secured our hard-won freedoms from dire peril
And consequences grave and unthinkable.
β₯Hail to the heroes
Who served at home and overseas,
And stood steadfast through those dark years.
β₯Hail to the heroes
Who put an end to a monstrous wickedness:
The evil that was Nazi Germany.
β₯Hail to the heroes
Who preserved our freedom to say what we think
And the rights of others to say what they think.
βIkeβ β General Eisenhower:
βI never dreamed that such cruelty, bestiality, and savagery could really exist in this world.β
β₯Such was the extent of the Nazi atrocities they were βbeyond the American mind to comprehend.β
βI made the visit [to the death camps] deliberately, in order to be in a position to give first-hand evidence of these things if ever, in the future, there develops a tendency to charge these allegations merely to βpropaganda.ββ
β₯Civilian news media and military combat camera units were required to visit the camps and record their observations in print, pictures and film.
β₯Despite the extensive official record, including both written and photographic evidence that Eisenhower amassed, despite even the physical evidence of the Holocaust that remains, his prediction came true and persists to this day
β₯The convenient option may be the easier option, but that doesnβt make it the right option.
Sometimes, you have to stand up and be counted.
(Written by and left on the World War II Monument here on GTS by Dad. Copied here for you Grandad. xxx)
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β₯ Happy Birthday β₯
A vacant space is in my heart
And nothing may it fill,
May all the worlds plunge from their course
And all the stars stand still.
That day that took you from us, Dad,
The sun fell out my sky -
A gentle man and gentleman
And better man than I.
(Written just for you by your loving son, Les. I am choked...I have no words to add, except, you are missed so much, Grandad. xxxxx) 6 June 2011
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Music on Frank's memorial:
Walk Tall β Val Doonican
Time in a Bottle β Jim Croce
Tears in Heaven β Eric Clapton
Old Man River β Paul Robeson
Both Sides Now β Neil Diamond
In Apple Blossom Time β Connie Francis
One More Day β Diamond Rio
Video's:
Carry you Home - James Blunt
Somewhere - Il Dilvo
When Tomorrow Starts Without Me poem (Removed from You Tube...will try to find it again)
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----β₯β₯-β₯β₯--- -On Your
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---β₯β₯---β₯β₯-- -You Know
---β₯β₯---β₯β₯-- -Someone
----β₯β₯-β₯β₯--- -Who Died
-----β₯β₯β₯------ Of cancer
----β₯β₯-β₯β₯--- -And you Love and
---β₯β₯---β₯β₯-- --Miss them
--β₯β₯-----β₯β₯- --Very Much
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As I gaze at the stars tonight
I dream of you
And the times gone by
The sparkle of the stars
Reflect my tears
The distance between us
Seems so far
Tonight I’ll search
Through all the stars
Until I find you
Shining so bright
Copyright© Leza 28.1.2012
If I Could Have a Lifetime Wish
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If I could have a lifetime wish,
A dream that would come true,
I'd pray to God with all my heart for
Yesterday and You.
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A thousand words can't bring you back;
I know because I've tried.
And neither can a million tears;
I know because I've cried.
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You left behind my broke heart
and happy memories too.
I never wanted memories,
I only wanted you.
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~Author Unknown~
♥βββ♥
Love everlasting is etched in the sands of time.
~ Sandra S. Corona
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being to timelessness as it's to time α¦♥α¦
being to timelessness as it's to time,
love did no more begin than love will end:
where nothing is to breathe to stroll to swim
love is the air the ocean and the land
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love is the voice under all silences,
the hope which has no opposite in fear:
the strength so strong mere force is feebleness:
the truth more first than sun, more last than star.
~ ee cummings
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β♥..With Love Angel...♥β
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I Have Found A Little Comfort.......
I Light A Candle And I Gaze At The Dark Sky.
I Look At Each Star That Goes Drifting Right By,
There Is One Star That Shines A Little Brighter Than The Rest...
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So I Know My Angel,That You're Trying Your Best
To Let Us All Know That You Are in Heaven,
Showing Off Your Golden Glow
While Here On Earth,The Candle Gives Off A Flickering Light.
The Candle Will Burn Away But The Star Will Shine All Night.
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I Have Found A Little Comfort From Something I See,
Because I Know Your Trying So Hard,To Show Me
That You Are Watching From Heaven Above,
While The Candle Burns On Earth Lit With So Much Love....
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copyright© Rosalind Roberts 26/10/2010
Always Thinking of you and your Angel
Love and Hugs~Brenda xxxxx
♥
Tomorrow
When tomorrow starts without me
And I'm not there to see
If the sun should rise and find your eyes All filled with tears for me
I wish so much you wouldn't cry
The way you did today
While thinking of the many things
We didn't get to say
I know how much you love me
As much as I love you
And each time that you think of me
I know you'll miss me too
But when tomorrow starts without me
Please try to understand
That an angel came and called my name
And took me by the hand
And said my place was ready
In heaven far above
And that I'd have to leave behind
All those I dearly love
But when I walked through heaven's gates I felt so much at home
When God looked down and smiled at me
From His great golden throne
He said "This is eternity
And all I've promised you"
I promise no tomorrow
For today will always last
And since each day's the same way
There's no longing for the past
So when tomorrow starts without me
Don't think we're far apart
For every time you think of me
I'm right here in your heart
Author Unknown
♥
LOVE ALWAYS, VIKKI
x♥X♥x
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Love lives on forever
In each memory and thought
Of you who meant so very much
And the happiness you brought,
Love lives on forever,
It will never fade away
For in my heart
You are with me
Every moment of the day.
God bless Francis xxx
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The heart hath its own memory, like the mind. And in it are enshrined the precious keepsakes, into which is wrought the giver’s loving thought.
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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THE PERFECT ANGEL
I woke up to the sweet smell of the morning rain
and the first thought of the day
was of my angel,
Through the clouds I see the
suns rays shining throughout the sky.
My angel lives in my heart,
all throughout the night and day
I think of my angel
Who is my protector,
Who leads me in the right direction..
I thank my angel for being with me
through all my sorrows to lift me up,
to give me courage to go on..
I thank GOD for sending me the perfect angel.
Copyright© 1998 Penny A. Petersen
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If I could hold you in my arms..
I would never let you go,
For your my precious angel,
And I love you so.
I would hold you so close,
Kiss your beautiful face,
Your my special angel..
That no one could replace.
I would stroke your hair,
Hold you so tight,
Give you a kiss..
And whisper Goodnight.
Copyright© Jackie Thomas 23/06/09.
~ Losing A Loved One ~
Although your heart is hurting,
And you feel you can't go on
Know in that very moment
Your loved one wasn't alone
For God was there beside them
Holding onto their hand
As the time drew nearer
For them to leave this land
He held them close and whispered
"My child, your time is now"
"But how will my loved ones go on?"
He whispered, "I will show them how"
"I will give them strength and love"
And comfort in the night,
I will fill their hearts with peace
Knowing you had wings as you took flight
You no longer walk amongst them
For now you fly above
With all my Heavenly angels
Spreading ever lasting and eternal love
~ Shirley H.Brunson ~
![](http://www.gonetoosoon.org/file/gift__91x91/_97550f593bf846dc5a333561e0e4ccfa/_poppy-photo.jpg "11/11/11"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them."
Fourth stanza of 'For the Fallen' by Laurence Binyon (1869 - 1943)")
![](http://www.gonetoosoon.org/file/gift__91x91/_c87e9995e18716c5b32d870ce4cee31b/_salute.jpg "11.11.11 ~ LEST WE FORGET ♥ ~ "In Flanders fields the poppies blow, Between the crosses, row on row..." (Lieut. Col. John McCrae) ♥ We salute and always remember the fallen heroes, with love and sadness. ♥ With pride I thank you my brave Grandad for coming home from war to Nan safely and taking care of her and the family for the rest of your days. God bless you. xxxxx")
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