In Memoriam

[Batgirl]

Second Lieutenant Jonathan Carlos Bracho-Cooke of the 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment who fell during Operation Telic 5th February 2007. Rest in Peace Jon.

Death is nothing at all
I have only slipped into the next room.
I am I, and you are you:
Whatever we were to each other, we are still.
Call me by my old familiar name;
Speak to me in the easy way you always used
Put no difference into your tone;
Wear no air of solemnity or sorrow;
Laugh as we always laughed
At the little jokes we enjoyed together;
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever
The household word that it always was.
Let it be spoken without effect;
Without the ghost of a shadow on it.
Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same as it ever was.
There is absolutely unbroken continuity.
What is this death but negligible accident?
Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
I am but waiting for you,
For an interval, somewhere, very near
Just around the corner.
All is well.

- Harry Scott Holland, Canon of St Paul’s Cathedral, 1847-1918

[ClutterbusterNY]

Rest in Peace 2nd Lt. Bracho-Cooke.
Heartfelt condolences to family, friends and to the love of his life Laura.

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