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Re: Are You Sitting Comfortably Part 3
« Reply #495 on: Sunday 20 April 08 22:53 BST (UK) »
Good evening Tisgrannie,

I read and re-read with great attention and emotion your reply 472 of Friday and I totally agree with what you wrote.

Merci beaucoup.

Michel

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Re: Are You Sitting Comfortably Part 3
« Reply #496 on: Sunday 20 April 08 23:05 BST (UK) »
I was talking to Polldoll last night, and she pointed me to this post...

Some of you may know me from the Armed Forces board where I try to help people with their military history questions...

Anyway I volunteered myself and some friends for this...As well as being with the "real" army, I do "education and entertainment" with a living history group.

We would be honoured to come up and pay proper respects to this chap and provide a guard of honour....

We are not some group who do it for a laugh ( I wouldn't be involved!) but serious historians...

He are some of us at a memorial last month with the British Legion and local dignitaries...

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        May the victors when they come
            Find my body near the wall.

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Re: Are You Sitting Comfortably Part 3
« Reply #497 on: Sunday 20 April 08 23:16 BST (UK) »
I don't know what the others think, scrimnet, but you're a bloomin hero...
How I wish I could be there!
Bartlett/Henley on Thames
Caponhurst/Buckinghamshire and?
Denchfield/North Marston/Bucks
Webb/Winchester
Mathias/Pembroke/Pembroke Dock
John/Pembroke/Pembroke Dock
Smith/Portsmouth/Portsea
Purchas/Bucks and?
Olliffe/Bucks

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Re: Are You Sitting Comfortably Part 3
« Reply #498 on: Sunday 20 April 08 23:18 BST (UK) »
That would be a wonderful thing for you do do for Robert W Stead provide a guard of honour for an honourable soldier

Michel and Annie see what you have done for our Robert

I will be there as I am sure will many others

Thank you

Edna
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Re: Are You Sitting Comfortably Part 3
« Reply #499 on: Sunday 20 April 08 23:26 BST (UK) »
I have spoken to the lads, and it is a go-er...

What we do need...and I haven't found yet (!)... is a date so we can book it in pse (if there is one yet!)...

I may be able to get some of my regulars along (a couple of us in the group are regular soldiers) as well depending upon deployments, exercises etc...
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            When the forts of Folly fall,
        May the victors when they come
            Find my body near the wall.

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Re: Are You Sitting Comfortably Part 3
« Reply #500 on: Sunday 20 April 08 23:38 BST (UK) »
We are awaiting a date to have the grave restored to its rightful position and MissM has been quoted 8 weeks so that could have been a week ago so should be late May early June but we cant be sure yet to give you an exact date.

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Re: Are You Sitting Comfortably Part 3
« Reply #501 on: Sunday 20 April 08 23:44 BST (UK) »
If you would be kind enough to give me a shout as soon as you know, I can organise the lads....

The more notice we have, the bigger the turn out!!!


As long as their names are spoken...They are remembered...
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        May the victors when they come
            Find my body near the wall.

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Re: Are You Sitting Comfortably Part 3
« Reply #502 on: Sunday 20 April 08 23:47 BST (UK) »
Thanks scrimnet I will contact MissM Lynne and she can find out the date for you

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India, Liverpool, Lloyd.
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Re: Are You Sitting Comfortably Part 3
« Reply #503 on: Monday 21 April 08 00:25 BST (UK) »


Scrim !!

I'm very very touched !! thank you !

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