"Lest we forget" is a phrase commonly used in war-remembrance services and commemorative occasions in English-speaking countries, usually those connected to the British Empire, such as Canada, New Zealand and Australia. == History == The originally biblical expression was first used in military context in an 1897 Christian poem by Rudyard Kipling, "Recessional", written to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee.
"Lest we forget" is a phrase commonly used in war-remembrance services and commemorative occasions in English-speaking countries, usually those connected to the British Empire, such as Canada, New Zealand and Australia. == History == The originally biblical expression was first used in military context in an 1897 Christian poem by Rudyard Kipling, "Recessional", written to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee.
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