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Our names are Thomas Jackson and Alex Bridle. We are two 17 year old students, currently in our AS year at school, and are raising money for Help for Heroes and, more specifically, for the new Personnel Recovery Centre, Tedworth House. Below is what we are doing and what you can do to help us.

THE 'WENT THE DAY WELL?' ANTHEM

Tom commissioned Ben Parry, the Director of the Junior Royal Academy of Music in London, to compose an anthem for the Choristers of St. Paul's Cathedral based upon two epitaphs written by the Greek Scholar John Maxwell Edmonds and first published in the Times in 1918:

Went the day well?
We died and never knew.
But, well or ill,
Freedom, we died for you.
Went the day well?

When you go home,
Tell them of us and say,
"For your tomorrows,
These gave their todays".

These wonderful lines written on behalf of those who died fighting for their country essentially mean: 'We fought for your freedom but died without knowing if our sacrifice was successful. Was it?' They are as relevant today as they were when they were first published in 1918.

This anthem was premiered at St. Paul's Cathedral on Wednesday, the 29th June 2011, at a most wonderful concert given by the Choristers in the presence of Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester. It was a truly memorable evening. We have included a photograph of the concert as the header on this page. Please go to our June blog to have a look at several of the other beautiful photographs taken by Judy Totton during the course of the evening.

'WENT THE DAY WELL?' ORIGINAL ARTICLES

If you click on the WENT THE DAY WELL button above you come across a number of invited articles entitled 'Went the Day Well?' Please take time to read them. The authors have put a lot of effort into these compositions and they are excellent. We are very keen to receive original articles from anyone who wishes to submit one so why not sit down and put pen to paper?

JOHN O'GROATS TO LAND'S END CYCLE RIDE

On 3rd July 2011 we cycled from John O'Groats to Land's End in nine days. Go to our July Blog to see how it all went. You can also click on the CYCLE RIDE button above to see the route that we planned to take and which we kept to for much of the way.

What you can do to help us

1. Please donate some money to Help for Heroes via our JustGiving page. Just click on the logo on the left of this page or on the DONATE NOW button above and follow instructions.

2. Keep coming back to look at any new 'Went the Day Well Articles?' that we have posted on the WENT THE DAY WELL page.

3. Why not write a piece yourself entitled 'Went the Day Well?' and send it to us via the CONTACT US button. We would love to hear from you.

4. If you would like to listen to the 'Went the Day Well?' anthem just click on the ANTHEM button above and you will hear part of the lovely recording. From there you can go to iTunes and download the full anthem for only 79p!

5. If you would like a copy of the CD of the 'Went the Day Well?' anthem please contact us via the CONTACT US button and we will let you know how to get one.

Finally, If you are wondering where the fantastic moving logo in the top left hand corner of our website comes from it was designed by Neville Hockley for us completely free of charge.....and if you want to know more about him and his wife, Catherine - their website really is worth a look - then follow this link: zeroXTE