Fully agreed. And that shadow of "Headlights" somewhere there ....... 
I can feel a bit of "Headlights" in the song.
The review of BWAB that Viv posted which was a bit negative said - lyrically “Men gone off to foreign wars, to stand beneath the tattered flags…” is just one tired, old cliché too far.
I have to say, when I first listened, I thought similar, but when taken into context with the rest of the lyrics, and understood, it is in fact an apt lyric for the feel of the South Coast.
If ever you were to do a battle field tour of WW1 British Battles, you really should start at the departure points used by the British army on the South Coast. . Points where millions left, not all returned.
