hiː sˈɛd "wˌʌt ðə wˈɔːɹ hæd mˈɛnt tə ðoʊz hˌuː tˈʊk pˈɑːɹt ɪn ɪt, ænd wʌt ðɛɹ sˈækɹᵻfˌaɪs mˈɛnt tə ðoʊz hˌuː hæd bˈɛnɪfˌɪɾᵻd baɪ ðɛɹ dˈɛθ, ænd wʌt ɪɾ ˈɔːt tə mˈiːn tə ðə pˈiːpəl ʌv ˌaʊɚ lˈænd æz ɐn ɪnsˈɛntɪv tə nˈoʊbəl ænd sˈɛlf sˈækɹᵻfˌaɪsɪŋ lˈaɪvz.
He said "what the war had meant to those who took part in it, and what their sacrifice meant to those who had benefited by their death, and what it ought to mean to the people of our land as an incentive to noble and self sacrificing lives.