John Maxwell Edmonds

John Maxwell Edmonds (21 January 1875 – 18 March 1958) was an English classicist, poet and dramatist and the author of several celebrated martial epitaphs.

Quotes

• Went the day well? We died and never knew;
  But well or ill, England, we died for you.
  • "On Some who died early in the Day of Battle", in The Times (6 February 1918)
  • Variants: "Freedom" for "England"
  • See also: Went the Day Well? (1942)

• When you go home, tell them of us, and say
  ‘For your to-morrows these gave their to-day.’
  • "For a British Graveyard in France", in The Times Literary Supplement (4 July 1918)
  • Variants: "For your to-morrow we gave our to-day"
  • See also: Yesterday's Enemy (1959)