222205 Cpl. Edward Ferrie British Army 8th Btn Cameronians Scottish Rifles from:77 Mackintosh St, Glasgow (d.28th June 1915) Edward Ferrie is remembered on the Helles Memorial.
Too young, too sweet, to surely be dead?
The telegram - ‘Killed in Action, Dardanelles’
Felled by thundering, rumbling, blood-stained shells.
A son, a brother, a good friend too,
You were the uncle we never knew.
June 28th - a ripple in your chime
Who could you have been, given more time?
The moment of truth, an unwanted blow
A family in retreat, moving too slow.
The news a loved one will never return,
An unending battle, with no about-turn.
Your voice I imagine, full of bravado,
Accented, teenage, silent, now incommunicado.
Your face, blurred, through eyes that mist,
A sad lament for girls never kissed.
Toy soldiers, united one and all
Many destined to tragically fall
Taking your place in our own history
A central character, a tragic mystery
100 years later, at the end of this time
Some now ask ‘was this a crime’?
And what to say – the dead are still dead
All those Edwards, Eddies and sweet little Eds.
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