THERE are many epitaphs to ?the fallen? of different wars but few to ask us to remember those left at home. Percy Curtis?s remembrance of his mother?s worries on having five sons in different services during the war and, like many mothers and wives, having to come to terms with the loss of one or more of them, reminded me that there are few poems to remember the long years of waiting and silent suffering by these women. Often bombed out of their homes, they still had to keep their families together, with severe food rationing, and were maybe still expected to do war work. One poem I think is worth remembering is ?Remember Them, ?Amidst rejoicing let us pause;/For some were left on foreign shores/And some the mighty oceans kept;/Remember them ? and those who wept. Marian Fairchild. Let us also remember ?those who wept?. J W Reid Limehayes Road Okehampton
