I've always been fond of this Archie Fisher song which was recorded by Barbara Dickson years ago.

I can't remember the title and I'm not sure I remember all the words perfectly but I'll do my best. If anyone wants the whole song I'll have to dig out the LP or it may still be available.

Watch your daughter's children play
Thirty years ago today
Memories of that last young summer
Never seem so far away
Smiling at the gathering storm
In your khaki uniform
When you marched along the high street
Did you listen to your heartbeat?

Did you know what you were looking for
In that somewhere over there?
Was the answer found on the battleground?
Was the question really fair?

Tell me of the cross that stands
Planted by a gardeners hand
Tended only by the weather
Somewhere in that no-man's land

And does my love of life betray
Your immortal memory?
Poppies on the dusty high street
Echoes of your lasting heartbeat