St. George’s Day
T was under the Banner of St. George that the glorious victories of Crecy (1346), Poictiers (1356) and Agincourt (1415) were won. At Agincourt Henry V. rallied his army with his cry of "God for Harry, England and Saint George." Admiral Sir Roger Keyes was commander of the Dover Patrol in the
Zeebrugge on St. Georges Day, 1918, Sir Roger gave the signal "St. George for England," and in the same war the battle of Ypres was fought on St, George’s Day, 1915. St. George, patron of Christian soldiers and of English knighthood, stands for fearlessness in right against might, as champion of the oppressed, and great in the spirit of courage
last war. When setting out for and devotion. His blood-red cross of sacrifice and suffering, on its ground of white for purity, in the strength of which he won, is seen wherever the Union Jack is flown throughout the world!-("This and That from ‘Ebor’s’ Scrapbook," 2YA, April 21.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 98, 9 May 1941, Page 5
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163St. George’s Day New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 98, 9 May 1941, Page 5
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