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He is best known for the poem "For the Fallen", first published in the Times in September, 1914. The seven-verse poem honoured the World War I English war dead of that time and in particular the British Expeditionary Force, which had by then already had high casualty rates on the developing Western Front. The fourth verse from that poem has gained an existence of its own and is known today as "The Ode" - one that applies to all war casualties:

"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them".

"The Ode" is still regularly recited on occasions such as Remembrance Day and Rememberance Sunday in the United Kingdom and Canada and ANZAC day in Australia, and adorns numerous war memorials. It is customarially read by an old soldier. In Australia's Retired Servicemen's Leagues, it is read out nightly at 6 p.m.

Binyon was born in LancasterThis article is about an English city. For other meanings of "Lancaster", see Lancaster''. Lune, the Millennium Bridge and the Ashton Memorial Lancaster (pop. 44,500) is a town in Lancashire, North West England. It is the main settlement in the City of La, England. Educated at Trinity College, OxfordTrinity College (in full: The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It stands in Broad Street, next door to Balliol, and is particularly known for its attractive gar, he was already writing poetry by 1890, and won the Newdigate Prize for one poem whilst still at Oxford. After graduationEdinburgh University(Adam Hart-Davis/DHD Multimedia Gallery) Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. In the United States, it is also used to refer to the advancement from a primary or secondary s, he worked as a curatorA curator of a cultural heritage institution (e. archive, library, museum) is a person who manages the institution's collection. In the United Kingdom it also to applied to government employees who monitor the quality of contract archaeological work under in the Oriental Department of the British MuseumThe British Museum is one of the world's greatest and most famous museums. It was established in 1753 by Sir Hans Sloane, a physician and scientist who collected lots of literature and art, on its present site at Montague House in London, United Kingdom,. Although too old to enlist, he went to the Western Front in 19161916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. Impressionist Monet paints Water Lilies'. January 8 Allied forces withdraw from to work for the Red CrossThe terms Red Cross and Red Crescent are often used as short names for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, or its two leading international organs, the ICRC and the IFRCS. This page is about the symbol itself, see respective articles fo as a medical orderly. After the war, he returned to the museum, and wrote several books on art, in particular Oriental art. In 1933, he was appointed Norton professor of poetry at Harvard.