C'è un posto non molto noto, nella mia città, nel quale si dovrebbero portare i ragazzi delle nostre scuole.
Nascosto in un angolo fra la Pontebbana ed il Centro commerciale Carrefour, l'Udine War Cemetery di Adegliacco svolge al meglio la sua funzione di offrire riposo a ragazzi venuti da molto lontano e morti qui, combattendo per la libertà di cui noi oggi godiamo. E' raro infatti trovare delle macchine nel piccolo parcheggio, il libretto dei visitatori riporta per lo più i nomi dei partecipanti alla manifestazione che si svolge il 25 aprile.
Una passeggiata sul prato estremamente curato grazie alla Commonwealth War Graves Commission, consente l'occasione a momenti in cui la riflessione lascia facilmente il passo alla commozione. Sono i momenti in cui si leggono sulle lapidi, oltre gli estremi anagrafici e allo stemma del corpo di appartenenza, gli epitaffi vergati dai familiari.
Solo alcuni:
"Treasured memory
of a dear husband and father
whom we shall always love"
"Our dear Dennis
when life was brightest
and hopes were best
God took him to rest"
"In lovely memory
of my darling husband
loved and missed by all"
"And with the morn
that angel face will smile
which we have loved
long since and long awhile"
"Silent thougts
true and tender
God bless you, son,
we still remember"
"You have gone
from my sight, darling
but never from my heart"
L'intenzione politicamente corretta di onorare i caduti per la nostra libertà, con sacrificio da noi dimenticato e quindi villipeso, di ricordare a noi stessi che siamo stati liberati da questi uomini arrivati dall'altro capo del mondo (Sudafrica, Nuova Zelanda oltre che Regno unito), cede allora il passo di fronte all'umana pietà per questi genitori, mogli, figli trovatisi senza l'affetto più caro.
Cari ragazzi eravate quasi tutti in un'età in cui la morte è un lontano pensiero e la vita corre forte nelle vene. 414 persone che avrebbero ancora tanto amato, sognato, lavorato, riso, pianto.
Voglio ricordarvi qui, riportando il vostro nome di battesimo, e senza con ciò dimenticare i tredici di voi "unknown but to God".
ADAMS KENNETH WILLIAM STEWART
ADAMSON WARU
AINSWORTH
AKUIRA WIREMU RANGI
ANDREWES BART EDWARD
ARMITAGE TOM
ARNO
ARROWSMITH ERNEST RICHARD
ATKINSON NOEL JOHN
BADENHORST
BAILEY ALFRED JAMES
BAILEY
BAILEY
BALKWILL
BARHAM NORMAN ALFRED HENRY
BARTON STANLEY
BARWELL ARTHUR EDWARD
BEATTIE WILLIAM JAMES
BEDFORD ALFRED WILLIAM THOMAS
BENNETT ALBERT
BENNETT ALBERT
BENNETT
BERG ERIK CHRISTIAN
BLANN
BLOCK ARCHER JOHN LEWIS
BOARDMAN
BOND
BOREHAM ALBERT EDWARD
BREMNER ALEXANDER
BRETT
BRIDGES NORMAN GEORGE
BRIERLEY CYRIL HUGH
BRISLEN OWEN ANTHONY (TONY)
BROOKES SYDNEY
BROWN ALLAN PALMER
BROWN BRIAN WILLIAM
BROWN JAMES HENRY
BROWN JOHN
BROWN WILLIAM
BROWN WILLIAM
BUCKLEY WILLIAM
BULLIVANT ALBERT ERNEST
BUNN EDWARD BERNARD
BURGUM RAYMOND VICTOR
BUTLIN
BUTTERS
CAMERON JAMES SPALDING
CAMPBELL SYDNEY JAMES
CARA
CARLISLE
CARMAN KENNETH C.
CASEY JOSEPH BRAITHWAITE
CASTLE KENNETH H.
CHARNOCK WILLIAM M.
CLARK CHARLES SPENCER
CLARKE
CLARKE
CLEARY THOMAS DEVENEY
COHEN EPHRIAM
CONSTABLE ROBERT GEORGE
COOK
COOKE ALLEN LESLIE
COOPER WILLIAM
COPP WILLIAM
CORBIN HENRY CHARLES
CORLETT JAMES FRANCIS
CORNISH ALLAN EDWARD
COURTNEY JOHN
CRAWFORD CHARLES ERNEST
CRAWFORD JAMES
CROSS HAROLD JOSEPH
CROSSLEY WILLIE
CULLUM NOEL TENNANT
CUNNEELY HAROLD
CUNNINGHAM JOHN MCGURK
DARTER
DAVIES ALAN GRAHAM
DAVIES EMLYN
DAVIES WILLIAM THOMAS GLYN
DAVISON LEONARD
DAWSON JOHN
DAWSON
DAY MARTIN ALLAN
DAY WILLIAM JAMES
DE WINTON
DECK WILLIAM
DENTON JOHN CHARLES
DEVLIN FRANK DEVINE
DOWLING SIMON BRYAN
DOWNEY WILLIAM EDWARD
DREW HAROLD GEORGE
EARP GEORGE VIVIAN
EASTERBEE ARTHUR EDWARD
EATHERALL JAMES
EBBLEWHITE GORDON
EDWARDS CHARLES ALBERT
ELKINS ALBERT PERCY
ELLIS ROLAND EDGAR
ELLIS WILLIAM RAYMOND
EMMERSON
ETHERTON JOHN VICTOR
EVANS ARTHUR URIAH
EVANS JAMES
EVANS JOHN RICHARD
EVANSON JOHN
EVERY THOMAS ASHTON
FALCONER
FEAST IAN WILFRED
FIBACH
FLETCHER
FOORD CRESWELL DUDLEY
FORD PATRICK
FORREST JOHN FREDERICK RONALD
FORRESTER DENNIS ALBERT
FOSTER HAROLD
FOULKES SAMUEL
FOULSTON HAROLD LEONARD
FOX ARTHUR EDWARD
FOX LESLIE
FRANCIS
FRANCIS FREDERICK COLIN
FRISBEE RONALD VERNON
FULLER
FUNKEY HOWARD THOMAS
GANGE PETER THOMAS JOHN
GERAGHTY EUGENE
GIBBONS ROBERT STEPHEN
GIBBS WILLIAM JOHN
GLADSTONE DOUGLAS STUART JAMES
GODDARD
GOLDSMITH REGINALD VICTOR
GOMM ROBERT ALEXANDER
GOODLEY NELSON ROBERT
GORMLEY EDWARD
GRAY ALEXANDER ABERDEEN
GREENING FREDERICK DANIEL JOHN
GREENLAND JOHN N.
GREGSON PATRICK
GRIESEL
HALL GEORGE VERNON
HAMPSON KENNETH FRANK
HANDLEY
HANLEY MICHAEL FRANCIS
HARMAN ALFRED
HARMAN THOMAS
HAWKRIDGE JOHN
HAYNES PERCY OSWALD
HAYNES REGINALD TONY
HEADLAND ALBERT EDWIN
HEARN RAYMOND VINCENT
HEATON NORMAN HEATON
HENDERSON G. MacG.
HENDERSON JAMES WALLACE
HENDERSON JOHN THOMAS
HERRIOTT
HESKETH ALBERT
HEWARTSON KENNETH
HEYNEKE
HILL
HILL LESLIE NORMAN
HILLIER GEORGE EDWARD
HIPWELL JOHN HENRY
HODKINSON WALTER
HOEY STANLEY WILLIAM
HOPKINS JESSIE BERNARD
HORLOCK JOHN CHARLES
HORNER ROBERT F.
HOWELLS
HUBBARD LEONARD
HUGO
HUSKISSON
ISRAEL WALTER
JACK RODERICK STUART
JACKSON
JARVIS
JOHN DESMOND
JONES GEORGE THOMAS
JONES HENRY MARTIN
JONES PHILLIP EDWARD
JONES ROBERT EDGAR
JORDON
JOSEPH THOMAS HENRY
JUKES KENNETH R.
KEIL
KEMP GERALD LESLIE
KENDALL FREDERICK
KENNEDY THOMAS JAMES
KERNOHAN ALLAN WILLIAM
KERSHAW ARCHIE NOVELLO
KEWLEY
KIDNER RICHARD DAYMOND
KING ARTHUR GEORGE
KING ROY
KIRK HENRY FRANK
KLEYNER NOAH
KNAPP RONALD WILLIAM MARTIN
KNIGHT EWEN MCCOLL
KNIGHT ROBERT
KNOCKER PETER DAVID
KRUGER
LAING FRANK
LAING GEOFFREY
LARNER CHARLES ROBERT
LAWLEY HARRY GARDNER
LAWSON HAROLD
LAYCOCK FRANK
LEE HAROLD GEORGE
LEVENS WILFRED
LEWIS ISAAC
LEYLAND THOMAS
LIGHTFOOT
LINKLATER
LISTER ANTONY SANDFORD
LLOYD JAMES WILLIAM
LOWE BERNARD ALBERT
LOWE WILLIAM
LYKE
MACGUIRE
MARKS
MARSH FREDERICK PERCY
MARSHALL GEORGE
MARSTON
MARTINCICH JOSEPH
MASSON
MATSOGA
MAVUGENE
MAY JOHN
MAYNARD BERNARD H.
MEARNS
MELVAN JOHN HOLT
MELVIN GEORGE HOLT
MEPHAM HARRY KENNETH
METCALF
MIKEC MARTIN
MILLS WILLIAM
MOGRIDGE KINGSLEY GEORGE
MOKETE
MOORE FREDERICK JOHN
MORAN WILLIAM HENRY (HARRY)
MORGAN ARTHUR JAMES
MORLEY ANTHONY JOHN
MORRIS
MORRIS JAMES ARTHUR
MORRIS LESLIE
MORRIS WILLIAM EDWARD LESLEY
MOTSWAISO
MUIR MALCOLM
MURDUCK VICTOR PERCIVAL
McCABE DONALD
McCULLOCH THOMAS
McGHEE THOMAS
McGLASHAN ROBERT
McGUFFIE ANTHONY WELSH
McLEOD ANGUS
McLEOD LEONARD JOHN
McMAHON PATRICK
McNULTY THOMAS
McQUADE MATTHEW
NEUBECK WILLIAM FRANCIS
NEWBEY EDWARD WILLIAM
NEWTON
NORMAN ROBERT CHARLES
O'BRIEN DENNIS
O'SULLIVAN DANIEL
OGDEN CLIFFORD NORMAN
OSMOND CHARLES GRIFFITHS
OTHAHILE
OWENS JAMES
PALLANT HAMPDEN
PAOLA
PARK
PARKER ANDREW
PATTINSON JOHN SMITH
PEARCEY FREDERICK JOHN
PHILLIPS KENNETH TAVERNER
PICKERS HENRY JOHN CHARLES
PINNOCK STEPHEN OLAF NIGEL
POTGIETER
POULES HORACE
POUNTNEY JAMES ARTHUR
PRAINE DONALD J.
PRATT FREDERICK GEORGE
PRESTIDGE COLIN EDWARD
PURDY FREDERICK JAMES
PYOTT
QUINN JOHN
RAMSAY ALEXANDER
RANDALL CLARENCE DOUGLAS PLASSEY
RAYNS JOHN FRANCIS ANTHONY
REDFERN EDWIN CURTIS
REIM
RENNIE JAMES
RENNISON IAN
RICHARDSON
RICHARDSON ERIC PERCY
RIDGE
RIDGWAY ALBERT H.
RIDLEY
ROBINSON FRANCIS EDWARD
ROBINSON THOMAS BERTRAM
ROBINSON
ROE GEORGE HENRY
ROGAN
ROSE JOHN
ROW THOMAS
RUCK TIMOTHY BALDWIN
RUMBLE
RUSSELL DAVID
RUSSELL JOHN NORRIS
RYDER DOUGLAS MALCOLM
SADLER HORACE ALBERT
SAMBRIDGE JOHN BENNETT
SANDERSON JOHN
SARGENT LESLIE
SAUNDERS RONALD
SAVAGE TREVOR JAMES
SCHDROSKI ANTHONY
SEED VINCENT
SELLO
SHENNAN FRANK
SIME GEORGE BLAIR
SIMPSON FRANCIS
SLADE ANTHONY MICHAEL
SMILEY DAVID MONTGOMERY
SMITH ALBERT DOUGLAS
SMITH FREDERICK HORST
SMITH
SMITH JAMES
SMITH PATRICK WILLIAM
SMITH ROBERT
SMITH
SNELL JOHN VIBERT
SNOW RICHARD FREDERICK COTHAM
SOUTHGATE GEORGE THOMAS
SPENCER WILLIAM
SPINAGE FREDERICK THOMAS
SQUIBB RALPH FRANK
STABLES ALBERT
STACEY ALLAN JOHN
STAMMERS
STEPNEY HAROLD WILLIAM HENRY
STEVENS
STEWART
STIMSON EDMUND JOHN
STONE
STORMONTH DARLING JOHN SAYER
STREATFEILD-MOORE THOMAS EDWARD
SULLIVAN JAMES EDWARD PHILIP
SUTHERLAND FRANCIS GEORGE (FRANK)
SUTTON
SYMONS EDWARD WILLIAM
TAYLOR FRANK WALTER
TAYLOR SAMUEL IRWIN
TEAGUE
TELFORD LESLIE
TEWHAO THOMAS TURNER
THOMAS
THOMAS FREDERICK SIDNEY ARTHUR
THOMAS ROBERT ERNEST MEREDITH
THOMPSON
THOMSON RICHARD WRIGHT
THOMSON RONALD ROUMIEU
TOMLINSON JACK
TRIBE KENNETH HAROLD
TRUNDLE JAMES HARRY
TUNGATT DOUGLAS JAMES
TWIZELL ERIC
TYLER EDWIN ALBERT
TYREMAN ALBERT EDWARD
UECKERMANN
UNDERDOWN PERCY HARRY
VALLANCE JOHN
VALLIS
VAN RENSBURG PHILIPPUS ROEDOIF
VINCE JAMES
WACK PETER HENRI
WAINUI TATA
WALKER
WALKER ROBERT
WARNER STANLEY CHARLES
WARR DAVID GWYNNE
WATLING JOSEPH
WATT ROBERT
WATTERS JAMES WITHERS
WEAVER
WHITE ALBERT
WHITEHEAD WALTER LOYND
WHYMARK FREDERICK LEONARD
WILKINS CHRISTOPHER
WILKSON
WILLETTS RONALD WILLIAM
WILLIAMS JOHN CHARLES THEODORE
WILLIAMS LEWIS
WILLIAMS
WILSON
WINTERMAN WILLIAM ARTHUR
WOOD HENRY WILLIAM
WOODMAN ROWLAND HENRY CORN
WORTHINGTON PHILIP HUGH
WRIGHT ARTHUR BIRDWOOD
WRIGHT GEORGE THOMAS
WYBOURN JAMES AUGUSTUS
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