Francis Doe

1910 - 1984
LocationReigate, Surrey
Age73 years
Date of Birth06/06/1910
Date of Death21/05/1984
Visitors14,925 since 02/09/2007
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Frank Doe - Died on 21 May 1984, aged 73. Born on 06 June 1910 in Brentford, Middlesex.

I was only 4 years old when my Grandad passed away, but my dad is a wonderful man and he worshipped
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. I wish I could have known him better.

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 — 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 has joined him on 22 July 2007 (also on this
site - Grace Doe). We love you both and miss you with all our hearts. Leaves 2 sons - Leslie and
John, and 2 Grand-daughters - Melanie and Emma.

Music on Frank's memorial:

Walk Tall – Val Doonican
Time in a Bottle – Jim Croce
Tears in Heaven – Eric Clapton
How to Save a Life – The Fray
Old Man River – Paul Robeson
Both Sides Now – Neil Diamond
In Apple Blossom Time – Connie Francis
One More Day – Diamond Rio


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*~*~* MY PRECIOUS GRANDAD *~*~*

You slipped away
We had to part
God eased your pain
But broke my heart

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Joanne Stella'S Mam (Close Friend) 5 days ago

Letting go of you

I know I have to let you go.
How I will I do not know.
I know that it's your time to die.
What I don't know is how to say goodbye.
I'll miss you so much I don't know what to do.
I guess I'll just end this poem with a goodbye and an I love you.

Jenna leigh Walters

Joanne Stella'S Mam (Close Friend) 6 days ago

Robert Longley

A Rainy Day

Things are not as bad
As they now may seem to be
Your life will still go on
Even though it’s without me

These are not tears of sadness
On this day of rain
Please look at them as tears of joy
For I am now free of pain

You cannot know the freedom
Or the peace that I now feel
I hope this is some comfort
As you all now learn to deal

The battle now is over
And in many ways I’ve won
While you might think it is raining
I am warm amidst the sun

Joanne Stella'S Mam (Close Friend) 6 days ago

POEMS SENT WITH LOVE FOR PRECIOUS ANGELS,HAVE A NICE WEEKEND, 19TH NOVEMBER 09

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Angels
May angels rest beside your door,
May you hear their voices sing.
May you feel their loving care for you,
May you hear their peace bells ring.
May angels always care for you,
And not let you trip and fall,
May they bear you up on angel's wings,
May they keep you standing tall.
May they whisper wisdom in your ear,
May they touch you when you need,
May they remove from you each trace of fear,
May they keep you from feeling greed.
May they fill you with their presence,
May they show you love untold,
May they always stand beside you
And make you ever bold.
May they teach you what you need to know
About life here and here-after.
May they fill you always with their love
And give you the gift of laughter

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Where Did You Come From ?
Where did you come from, Baby dear?
Out of the everywhere into here.
Where did you get your eyes so blue?
Out of the sky as I came through.
What makes the light in them sparkle and spin?
Some of the starry spikes left in.
Where did you get that little tear?
I found it waiting when I got here.
What makes your forehead so smooth and high?
A soft hand stroked it as I went by,
What makes your cheek like a warm white rose?
I saw something better than anyone knows.
Whence that three-comer'd smile of bliss?
Three angels gave me at once a kiss.
Where did you get this pearly ear?
God spoke, and it came out to hear.
Where did you get those arms and bands?
Love made itself into hooks and hands.
Feet, whence did you come, you darling things?
From the same box as the cherubs' wings.
Where did you get that dimple so cute,
God touched my cheek as I came through.
How did they all come just to be you?
God thought of me, and so I grew.
But how did you come to us, you dear?
God thought of you, and so I am here.

George MacDonald, 1871


Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥HA ☆ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ ☆ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ HA♥ ☆ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ ☆ SATURDAYƸ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥HA ☆ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ ☆ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ ☆ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ ☆


Angels Always There
Whenever I’m in fervent prayer
I feel God’s holy angels there;
Protective, loving, and serene;
Who stay nereby, tho yet unseen.
Thus, when I feel my heart might break,
I try to smile for Jesus’ sake;
Whose angels let my faith not dim
That I might see the smile of Him!



Sancie Earman King


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Stone walls do not a prison make,
Nor iron bars a cage;
Minds innocent of quiet take
That for an hermitage;
If I have freedom in my love
And in my soul am free,
Angels alone that sore above
Enjoy such liberty.

Richard Lovelace

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TAKECARE.LOVE FOR TODAY,TOMORROW AND FOREVER.
IN MY LOVING THOUGHTS ALWAYS.LOVE ALWAYS HALINA XXXXXXXXXX THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR CONTINUAL SUPPORT FOR MY ANGELS AND I XXXXXXXXX

Halina A. And Her Angels (Soul Mate) 6 days ago

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Weep not for me
Now that I have passed.
Remember the laughter, the affection, the joy
Not just the recent tears.
Cherish the memories, our hopes and dreams.
Hold fast to the love that we shared.
Be happy with the time we spent together
And being anew.
For I am not really gone,
I am closer than ever before.
As the morning sun rises
And throughout the busy day...I am with you.
Until the setting sun disappears on the horizon
And we watch the day turn into night...I am here.
You may feel a faint breeze stir round your head, while you slumber
As I gently kiss your forehead, "Good night."
The stars that shine so brightly in my heavenly sky
Help me watch over you and keep you from harm.
I am the wind in the trees
And the song of a bird.
I am moonbeams in a midnight sky
And a glorious rainbow after the storm.
I am morning dew
And freshly-fallen snow.
I am a butterfly flying overhead
And a puppy happily at play.
I am a smile on a stranger's face
A gentle touch
A warm embrace.
Listen to the wind for my message of love.
Watch the sun rise and set in the sky with me.
Feel my essence encircle you with warm memories.
Open your heart to know...I am not gone.
Reach deep into your soul...You will find me.
I am here.
Have no fear.
I am with you,
Always.

♥ ︽♥ ︽♥ ︽♥ ︽♥ ︽♥ ︽♥ ︽♥ ︽♥ ︽♥
Kirsti

Leza Angel Carolines Mum (Friend) 6 days ago

GOOD NIGHT FRANCIS

We see you smiling!
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When we are in need of comfort
We walk down memory lane,
There we see you smiling
We talk with you again,
And as we wander slowly back
We seem to hear you say
Don't grieve. don't cry, my family,
We'll meet again someday.
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LOVE THERESA X

Theresa Tutt 6 days ago



✿ 19TH NOVEMBER 2009 ✿

GOOD EVENING SWEET ANGEL.........

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Jude Swaddle 6 days ago

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When Great Trees Fall
(Maya Angelou)

When great trees fall,
rocks on distant hills shudder,
lions hunker down
in tall grasses,
and even elephants
lumber after safety.

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When great trees fall
in forests,
small things recoil into silence,
their senses
eroded beyond fear.

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When great souls die,
the air around us becomes
light, rare, sterile.
We breathe, briefly.
Our eyes, briefly,
see with
a hurtful clarity.
Our memory, suddenly sharpened,
examines,
gnaws on kind words
unsaid,
promised walks
never taken.

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Great souls die and
our reality, bound to
them, takes leave of us.
Our souls,
dependent upon their
nurture,
now shrink, wizened.
Our minds, formed
and informed by their
radiance,
fall away.
We are not so much maddened
as reduced to the unutterable ignorance
of dark, cold
caves.

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And when great souls die,
after a period peace blooms,
slowly and always
irregularly. Spaces fill
with a kind of
soothing electric vibration.
Our senses, restored, never
to be the same, whisper to us.
They existed. They existed.
We can be. Be and be
better. For they existed.

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Mel Xxxxx (Granddaughter) 6 days ago

Do you think?.............

Do you think that I am over it
Better than before
Maybe I've forgotten
Doesn't hurt me anymore?

Do you think that I am doing fine
No tears are shed each day
Get up and just get going
Pain has all but gone away?

Do you think that I am coping
Living life just as you do
If that's what you imagine...
You don't have a single clue.

I cope, I cry, and I deny
I've learned how I must hide
Keep everything within me
Bottled up deep down inside.

I can't be who I was before
I've changed I'm someone new
It happens when you have a loss
You would be different too.

I'm so misunderstood each day
To tired to explain
Not over it, or better
Simply put... I'm not the same.

And will never be because you left me.

Author Unknown

Joanne Stella'S Mam (Close Friend) 1 week ago

Some day there will be no tears,
For they will be wiped away.
I will hold on to that promise.
As I live each and everyday.

Someday we will meet again,
Though heaven keeps us apart.
For you will always be with me,
I shall carry you in my heart!

Someday we will share joy again,
When I join you in eternity.
But for now you will always be to me,
A precious memory.

Deborah J. Birdoes

Mel Xxxxx (Granddaughter) 1 week ago
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