Winner of the Peace Medal

The Peace Medal

Towards the end of his long life, a war veteran, Captain Hugh Lock of the Royal Engineers, looked back on his experience of the Second World War (1939-45).  Captain Lock had seen many comrades killed in battle, and many were wounded.  He decided to remember their sacrifice by helping us to work for peace.

Captain Lock had his war medals melted down, and the metal was used to make six peace medals, to be given to schools.  One Peace Medal was donated to us at S. Anselm's.

Every year at this time of Remembrance you are encouraged to write poems about peace.  This year there have been some very thoughtful and well written poems.  Five or six poems could have won the Peace Medal - they are all excellent in their different ways.  Well done to everyone who wrote a peace poem.

Congratulations to the child who this year will be awarded our Peace Medal.

The winning poem is :

"Flanders Field" 

by Hannah S

Flanders Field

He walks the field, the field of love,
Where the poppies grow and aloft is the dove,
Where happiness roams and poppies cry peace,
Where the battle of hatred comes to a cease.

That's where it stopped, the hatred and hurt,
When they buried them under the blood-stained dirt,
The guns turned silent and the bird sang high,
That's when people weren't left to die.

We stand and think of the ones who fell,
How many where lost, we cannot tell,
We thank them for all they have done,
But grieve at the pain of a shell and a gun

In Flanders field all evil has ceased,
All hatred and hurt - all turned to peace,
Love was shed and poppies have grown,
No shells, no guns, no death is known

Hannah S
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