Stafford’s Great Task Accomplished…
Unmitigated relief, elation and pride
Are demonstrated by the triumphant stance
Of the infantryman, standing astride
The detritus of war in glorious elegance.
His rifle held like a redundant tool,
The distress concealed by a joyous mask.
The helmet salutes those killed by a conflict cruel,
As he celebrates in tears the accomplished task…
Pete Ray
14th July 2022
Saw Stafford’s war memorial on Tuesday of this week and the joy of the soldier figure was a pleasure to behold…
The inscription: ‘THE GREAT TASK ACCOMPLISHED’ was so poignant…
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