1. It was just before dawn one miserable morning in black forty-four.. When the forward commander was told to sit tight.. When asked that his men be withdrawn.. And the generals gave thanks as the other ranks held be the enemy tanks - for a while.. And then the Anzio beachhead was held for the price of a few hundred ordinary lives.. 2. And kind old King George sent mother a note when he heard that father was gone.. It was, as I recall, in the form of a scroll with golden leaf and ,all.. And I found it one day in a drawer of old photographs hidden away.. And my eyes still grow damp to remember his Majesty signed with his own rubber stamp.. 3. It was dark all around.. There was frost in the ground when the Tigers broke free.. And noone survived from the Royal Fusiliers Company C.. They were all left behind.. Most of them dead.. The rest of them dying.. And that's how the High Command took my Daddy from me....