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Re: Gallipoli
« Reply #36 on: Saturday 26 April 08 11:14 BST (UK) »
In Bury Lancashire , they are holding a " Gallipoli dayparade" this sunday morning
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Re: Gallipoli
« Reply #37 on: Saturday 26 April 08 11:22 BST (UK) »
Quote from: MarieC on Saturday 26 April 08 10:24 BST (UK)

Beautifully said, Sarndra!  I completely agree, and I think this is how most Aussies who attend the services (can't speak for Kiwis!  :) ) feel!

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It's an emotional day for me... think i must have been there in my last life :-)  Actually i think it's the fact that those poor lads of WW1 really did go in blind and terribly mislead by those they trusted.  :'(

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Re: Gallipoli
« Reply #38 on: Saturday 26 April 08 11:24 BST (UK) »
Quote from: MIGKY on Saturday 26 April 08 11:14 BST (UK)
In Bury Lancashire , they are holding a " Gallipoli dayparade" this sunday morning
Migky ;)

I love how many other countries understand the significance :-)  I as a Kiwi certainly appreciate that.

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Re: Gallipoli
« Reply #39 on: Saturday 26 April 08 12:06 BST (UK) »
I too get quite emotional on Anzac Day.  Am thinking of getting replicas made of my dad's medals and marching for him - now that really would be an emotional experience!

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Re: Gallipoli
« Reply #40 on: Monday 16 April 12 21:10 BST (UK) »
I have recently found out about my great uncle Edward James, Essex Regiment who was killed on the landings but the amazing thing was that I went to my uncles house and he said that he has two medals that he don’t know who they belong to and i said to him look on the side and it should say his name, and he looked at me as if he was confused as he had had them for years and after that he said I could keep them. And it wasn’t until I got home that i realised that he was in the Gallipoli war and the date was the 15th of April only 10 days before the commemoration of the battle and his death as he died on the day of the landings. 

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Re: Gallipoli
« Reply #41 on: Tuesday 17 April 12 00:12 BST (UK) »
Good morning,

As an RBL standard bearer I have never heard of or seen anything about a memorial parade for Gallipoli. Or not in Sussex anyway, so perhaps it's time for me to bring this oversight to the attention of the hierarchy for future reference. I would gladly carry my branch standard in memory of those who didn't return just as I do on rememberance day, armistice day,Dieppe raid service in Newhaven and many other occasions.

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