Binyon

/ ˈbɪnjən /

noun

1. BinyonRobert) Laurence18691943MBritishWRITING: poetHISTORY: historian ( Robert ) Laurence . 1869–1943, British poet and art historian, best known for his elegiac war poems "For the Fallen" (1914) and "The Burning of the Leaves" (1944)

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"Respect. Honor. Remember… At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them. — For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon," the "Shooter" actor wrote.

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Binyon, too old for service but who would later make it to the front in 1916 as a medic, was writing with the pang of guilt that many of his countrymen felt when the terrible cost of the war was first becoming clear.

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In one battle alone – Verdun, where Binyon tended to the wounded – more than 300,000 men were killed.

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Its title comes from the 1914 poem “For the Fallen” by Lawrence Binyon.

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“They Shall Not Grow Old,” which takes its name from the Laurence Binyon poem “For the Fallen,” has already played in the U.K., where it earned Jackson the best reviews of his career.

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