For the Family, Loved Ones, and Friends of Pte. Patrick Lormand

Private Patrick Lormand was killed when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle on a road in Panwjai District.The incident occurred approximately 10 kilometres South-West of Kandahar City at around 1:00 p.m., Kandahar time, on 13th September, 2009. Patrick Lormand was from the 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e RÈgiment based in Valcartier, Quebec. Private Lormand was serving as a member of the 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e RÈgiment Battle Group, Quebec. HE was promoted posthumously to the rank of Corporal

In this the darkest hour

Of a parent’s loving time

We pray dear Lord

Please quell their pain

Though we know that you won’t find

Any comfort at this moment

As this unfolds on you

This loss, this empty feeling

Has engulfed you through and through

Please know our hearts

Are standing near

Wishing we could be

Holding you to help you stand

For he stood for all you see

For your young man stepped forth to show

So many a new way

Stepped forth to guide, to defend

Lead others to freedom’s gate

Young Patrick is a hero

A hero through and through

For he stepped forth where few would go

A helping hand to lend you know

Went forth endured the hardships

Most could never comprehend

Stepped forth with a smile that lit

The faces of his fellow man

Always a smile always in cheer

To lose a smile so bright

Has touched the heart the soul of those

Who smiled at his sight

They will not lose the laughter

We can never ever forget

These young men who have stepped forth

To overcome the terrors our world has met

They saw the picture differently

Like so many others near

They felt the difference they could make

For them it is so very clear

He joined our forces stood so tall

So brave a brotherhood

Tis hard to see him taken from

Those who do for us such good

We pray lord send your angels

To lift and take him home

That those who went before him

Will greet and show he’s not alone

Please smile upon his family

Friends and loved ones too

Let them know he will be so near

To them in all they do

Your efforts will not be forgotten.

You are Canada, and you and your fellow troops are in our hearts.

Pte. Patrick Lormand we knew you not, but our prayers reach out for you, your loved ones, friends, and fellow soldiers.

We do, so dearly, thank you and your loved ones for your efforts towards making our world a better place.

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By: Roger Borchert