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  (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)