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| cinstone Member Since: 29 Nov 2010 Location: Stourbridge Posts: 375   
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9th Nov 2013 11:26am |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20444 
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9th Nov 2013 11:43am |
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| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471 
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Click image to enlarge Steve. Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades. Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW. [Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc] http://forums.lr4x4.com I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic. |
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10th Nov 2013 9:16am |
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| couplands Member Since: 31 Aug 2011 Location: Peak District & Cornwall Posts: 1826 
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As we were in Reading for the weekend, we decided to go to the Remberance Day service in Henley on Thames.
It was a very moving service, made even more so when the vicar read out a letter from a solider who had been killed in Afgahistan in 2009. The young solider had written the letter to his Mum, Dad and brothers to be opened in the event of his death. To hear his words read out, speaking of the love for his family, was truly awe inspiring and so brave. There were many grown men wiping a tear from their eye... We shall remember them. Kind Regards Simon |
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10th Nov 2013 6:11pm |
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| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471
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Click image to enlarge Steve. Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades. Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW. [Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc] http://forums.lr4x4.com I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic. |
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8th Nov 2015 11:31am |
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| Venomator Member Since: 25 Aug 2014 Location: Peterborough Posts: 2087
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Click image to enlarge Leslie was my Dad's brother, I never knew him, he lies at peace in Belgium having fallen on 02nd November 1944... 
We Shall Remember All of Them...
Rog... 
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8th Nov 2015 12:50pm |
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| stanley Member Since: 18 Sep 2009 Location: Dorset /hampshire Posts: 1032 
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8th Nov 2015 12:55pm |
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| X4SKP Member Since: 29 Nov 2013 Location: Berkshire Posts: 2295 
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8th Nov 2015 2:33pm |
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| Grenadier Member Since: 23 Jul 2014 Location: The foot of Mont Blanc... Posts: 5829  
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I have had the privilege of taking part in a ceremonial capacity all the major Remembrance services (Cenotaph, Albert Hall, Westminster Abbey, Black Sunday), plus a few Regimental and local events and they always move me. I have also always attended the local French services (very different) since moving to France and memories of fallen friends are still very fresh. But singularly the saddest occasion, outside of funerals for friends/colleagues, was attending the service at Westminster Abbey in 2003. I was sitting opposite representatives of the War Widows Association whom I had seen and met at many services before. However what made this occasion particularly sad was despite normally meeting very dignified, and dare I say it, more mature widows on this, the very first Remembrance Sunday after the Iraq Invasion, it included war widows in their teens, for whom the memories and pain was so raw, try as they might they struggled to remain anything other than openly emotional. Terribly sad to see people so young be so painfully affected. It was impossible not to cry. Sadly, this representation of youth only became all the more common over the subsequent decade. Of added poignancy for me is that whilst I was happy to serve in Iraq and would have in Afghanistan too if given the chance, (the mentality of the professional serviceman) I actually disagreed with the tenets of both invasions (and still do) so feel every loss, of friends, comrades and servicemen and women unknown to me, as nothing more than a tragic waste. It is remembering these fallen, seeing injured friends during such events and then seeing the smug Bliar say he still was right to invade, that really rankles....sorry to be political at such a time, but it is the comfort these Polticians have in knowing that the professional British soldier will go into any conflict, without complaint and do their very best, that allows them to send the Armed Forces into godforsaken wars, with little or no thought or recourse, and that has ruined lives throughout our country and those of our allies. Every single leg amputated and life lost just a tragic, tragic waste. Yet Blair (Peace Envoy to the Middle East) and his cronies continue to lead a normal, comfortable and unblemished life. Sickening. Monsieur Le Grenadier I've not been everywhere, but it's on my list..... 2011 Puma 110DC - Corris Grey |
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8th Nov 2015 4:25pm |
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