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Binyon

British  
/ ˈbɪnjən /

noun

  1. ( Robert ) Laurence . 1869–1943, British poet and art historian, best known for his elegiac war poems "For the Fallen" (1914) and "The Burning of the Leaves" (1944)

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At the Whitehall service, Reverend Dr Lyndon Drake recited from The Fallen by poet Laurence Binyon before a Royal Marines Portsmouth Road Band trumpeter played the last post after which there was a one-minute silence.

From BBC Apr. 25, 2026

Its title comes from the 1914 poem “For the Fallen” by Lawrence Binyon.

From Fox News May 24, 2019

“They Shall Not Grow Old,” which takes its name from the Laurence Binyon poem “For the Fallen,” has already played in the U.K., where it earned Jackson the best reviews of his career.

From Washington Times Dec. 14, 2018

TJ Binyon, Pushkin's biographer, even suggests the play is "rather conservative", since it deals with a troubled time that ended only with the accession of the Romanovs.

From The Guardian Nov. 29, 2012

Laurence Binyon, an Englishman like Phillips, has written "Persephone" and "Porphyrin" with the classic theme, and "Tintagel" with the romantic.

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