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Apparently, this team honour the old soldiers every year.
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Great. The Dutch citizens have shown more heart felt respect to the veterans over the years than all of our politicians from any party. The graves of the fallen have been tended by ordinary men and women for 70 odd years without fuss or a yearning for recognition and we should all be grateful to them for their acts of respect and kindness on our behalf. Not many of those brave men left now, they have grown old. Unlike the young men who faced violent death without fear or self regard. We will remember them.
This is a good one spicey,
My old pal;s have a club membership known as 'The Ferrets'. We travel all over Europe paying homage on the sites of our fallen. Next May (2020) we revisit Arnhem.
Our Colonel i/c has his step brother buried there.
Although a member of the Air Landing Brigade, his surname, as is mine, is German. His burial site is in the back garden of a Dutch family.
The house has been in the same family for years and the latest generation are more than happy to be the guardians of a Tommy's Remains in their back yard. Bless the Dutch.
I recall our Met Police Commandant of Hendon Police Driving School. called Noddy Newton. Mad as hatter ,nerves of steel and iced water running through his veins. He feared nought.
He wanted to jump over Normandy on the 50th commeration of D Day, He was deemed too old. He was part of the stick that was to go down in history in the Merville Battery capture. A very brave gentleman.
The Prince of Wales, Colonel I/c The Parachute Regiment made some pathetic excuse why he wasn't attending this iconic occasion so, Noddy, as President of the Veteran's Association fired off a message from the survivors telling Prince Charles what they thought of their Colonel in no uncertain terms.
This old gentleman,at least, was allowed to do what Noddy Newton,alas,was denied.
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My old pal;s have a club membership known as 'The Ferrets'. We travel all over Europe paying homage on the sites of our fallen. Next May (2020) we revisit Arnhem.
Our Colonel i/c has his step brother buried there.
Although a member of the Air Landing Brigade, his surname, as is mine, is German. His burial site is in the back garden of a Dutch family.
The house has been in the same family for years and the latest generation are more than happy to be the guardians of a Tommy's Remains in their back yard. Bless the Dutch.
I recall our Met Police Commandant of Hendon Police Driving School. called Noddy Newton. Mad as hatter ,nerves of steel and iced water running through his veins. He feared nought.
He wanted to jump over Normandy on the 50th commeration of D Day, He was deemed too old. He was part of the stick that was to go down in history in the Merville Battery capture. A very brave gentleman.
The Prince of Wales, Colonel I/c The Parachute Regiment made some pathetic excuse why he wasn't attending this iconic occasion so, Noddy, as President of the Veteran's Association fired off a message from the survivors telling Prince Charles what they thought of their Colonel in no uncertain terms.
This old gentleman,at least, was allowed to do what Noddy Newton,alas,was denied.
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