Thank you guys

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 EDWARD