so closely tied to the army that many elements of soldiers' slang (such as scrounge , kip , tart , chow , and go west ) quickly passed into general use, and continue to have a lasting impact on the way we speak today. The First World War may be famed for poets such as Wilfred Owen , Siegfried Sassoon , and Edmund Blunden (most of whom were officers), but the rank and file also made their own vigorous contribution to the English language. Remembrance, after all, isn't just in the two minute silence. It's in the talk that follows; the memories of those who gave their lives woven into the very words we use every day. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.