This is my tribute to those who fought in World War One, in fact all vets of all wars. As a solider, I know the waste of war first hand and WW I was one of the most wasteful. But at the same time, I know you must fight for your freedoms.Eric Bogle wrote the song, Green Fields of France, also known as No Man's Land. Piet Chielens, coordinator of the In Flanders Fields War Museum in Ypres, Belgium, once checked all 1,700,000 names that are registered with the Commonwealth War Commission. He found no less than ten Privates William McBride. The song is covered by the group Dropkick Murphy.
so sad. our ancestors were betrayed and butchered by their leaders. Unforgotten. Unforgiven.
BleeedtheSky(July 3, 2009 at 10:44 am)
Lyrics to this song, please?
61stnewyork(July 1, 2009 at 10:03 pm)
Interestingly none of the 11 William McBrides fit the description in the song. 2 William McBrides an 1 W. McBride died in 1916. One was 19 but he has no gravestone and is instead inscribed on the Thiepval Memorial. The other two are buried but one was 21 and the other's age is unknown.
imma1moron(July 1, 2009 at 10:39 am)
tbh willie mcbride was there, so was john smith, and jim walters. It was a name. it could be anyone on that name on the grave he chose to sit by,that's the beauty. the song is a tribute to everyone that died fighting
stewarty84(June 26, 2009 at 11:43 pm)
miss vk85 your right he did sacrifise his life for his fellow men what a brave soul willie was born in lurgan but his family moved to the cregagh estate in east belfast not long before he went to war.we shall remember them at the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them no surrender
clwilu94(June 23, 2009 at 4:41 am)
Beautiful!
Hillerich111(June 21, 2009 at 1:27 pm)
Poor all of them who had to fight, and the ones lost the fight of life. The song is made for everyone the one past by and the one still have to fight.
MissVK85(June 21, 2009 at 10:46 am)
What did your tour guide tell you about how the song was written crazyellxx
crazyellxx(June 21, 2009 at 10:39 am)
i was on a WW1 battle fields trip when our tour guide played us this song and told us about how the song was written
MissVK85(June 21, 2009 at 10:37 am)
I never once stated in my comment about the man's son so u really need to read my comment again. I also dictated my comment to the idiot that stated that Willie McBride didn't exist when there have been several accounts that there were 11 Willie McBrides that fought in WW1 and I happened to mention VC holder Private Willie McBride of the 36th Ulster Division.
fmichaelb(June 21, 2009 at 6:13 am)
The man who wrote this song wasn't born until 1944, so how do you think his son was killed in WWI?
MissVK85(June 18, 2009 at 4:25 pm)
Brave VC holder Willie McBride paid the ultimate sacrifise to save his regiment the 36th Ulster Division by throwin himself on top of a hand grenade that prematurely went off in the box that carried them. SOME FOLK NEED TO GET THERE FACTS RIGHT BEFORE COMMENTING!!IN THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.R.I.P WILLIE MCBRIDELEST WE FORGET36TH ULSTER DIVISIONFOR KING AND COUNRTY
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