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SHETLAND HEROES.
Silent ye lie in distant lands and seas,
Heroes, whose names we trace with love and pride
Endless our debt to you, who fought and died,
That we might taste the sweets of life and ease.
Long shall the voice of fame your deeds recall,
And glory gild your names on storied page,
Noble and brave as in the sea-kings' age,
Defenders of fair freedom for us all.
High on the shining scroll of bright renown,
Emblazoned in the work wrought by your hands,
Refulgent now the name of Shetland stands,
On through long ages to be handed down :
Ever shall thoughts of your victorious strife
Stir Shetland's sons to greater, grander life.
J. J. HALDANE BURGESS,
Silent ye lie in distant lands and seas,
Heroes, whose names we trace with love and pride
Endless our debt to you, who fought and died,
That we might taste the sweets of life and ease.
Long shall the voice of fame your deeds recall,
And glory gild your names on storied page,
Noble and brave as in the sea-kings' age,
Defenders of fair freedom for us all.
High on the shining scroll of bright renown,
Emblazoned in the work wrought by your hands,
Refulgent now the name of Shetland stands,
On through long ages to be handed down :
Ever shall thoughts of your victorious strife
Stir Shetland's sons to greater, grander life.
J. J. HALDANE BURGESS,
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| Rolls of honour > Places > Shetland's roll of honour and roll of service > (17) [Page xiii] - Shetland heroes |
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| Description | Acrostic by J.J. Haldane Burgess, M.A. |
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| Description | Edited by Thomas Manson. With portraits. Lerwick : T. & J. Manson, 1920. |
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| Description | Arranged alphabetically by first-named place, starting with Aberdeen. |
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| Description | Scottish First World War rolls of honour containing listings of casualties and those who died while on active service. Includes rolls for organisations, such as schools, universities, clans, businesses and churches, as well as for places all over Scotland. Also some orders of service for unveiling of war memorials. |
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