Reloader
30-08-07, 17:19
Last night on our local news, there was a report on the men of Lyon Street, Glasgow, who served in WWI, which stated that this small street gave the most men and suffered the most losses of any street in Britain. If I remember rightly, 211 went to war, with 45 being killed.
The point of the report was that local people were trying to trace the location of a memorial plaque to these men, which had been lost or misplaced after the demolition some years ago of the building where it was displayed. The plaque also contained the following poem:
There's a little street in Glasgow
At the top of Garscube Road,
That has bred some noble soldiers
Worthy of a King's abode.
The street is not a long one,
Just about six hundred feet,
But it's turned out a man per foot
The Men of Lyon Street.
Some of them were in the Seaforths,
In the Sweeps or H.L.I.
The Argylls and the gallant Gordons:
In a foreign grave they lie.
Some are in the Forty Second,
Or the Borderers, so neat,
Cameronians, Fusiliers, all fighters,
The Men of Lyon Street.
Some are serving in the Navy,
Royal Scots, and R.F.A.
Some are in the Royal Irish
Pushing Fritz out of the way.
One a least has gained the honour
Of commissioned rank complete,
As they won a score of medals, have
The Men of Lyon Street.
They have surely made a record,
Even in this record war,
And we ought to sound their praises
Over all the world afar.
They have nobly done their duty
Those men who can't be beat,
Who are worthy of all honour,
The Men of Lyon Street.
I just hope their search is succesful and that the plaque is restored to an appropriate place in their honour.sal;
The point of the report was that local people were trying to trace the location of a memorial plaque to these men, which had been lost or misplaced after the demolition some years ago of the building where it was displayed. The plaque also contained the following poem:
There's a little street in Glasgow
At the top of Garscube Road,
That has bred some noble soldiers
Worthy of a King's abode.
The street is not a long one,
Just about six hundred feet,
But it's turned out a man per foot
The Men of Lyon Street.
Some of them were in the Seaforths,
In the Sweeps or H.L.I.
The Argylls and the gallant Gordons:
In a foreign grave they lie.
Some are in the Forty Second,
Or the Borderers, so neat,
Cameronians, Fusiliers, all fighters,
The Men of Lyon Street.
Some are serving in the Navy,
Royal Scots, and R.F.A.
Some are in the Royal Irish
Pushing Fritz out of the way.
One a least has gained the honour
Of commissioned rank complete,
As they won a score of medals, have
The Men of Lyon Street.
They have surely made a record,
Even in this record war,
And we ought to sound their praises
Over all the world afar.
They have nobly done their duty
Those men who can't be beat,
Who are worthy of all honour,
The Men of Lyon Street.
I just hope their search is succesful and that the plaque is restored to an appropriate place in their honour.sal;