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Remembrance Day 2014

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bill i think what is happening now is there is an upsurge in the sales of the enamel badges which in fairness do not stand out so easily to the naked eye as the pin on poppy...i had both...the pin on ones get all mashed up after a while and then thrown away but the enamel ones can be used again and again...having said that i was very happy to see just how many young children and teenagers wore poppys..something that we would not have seen a few years back..

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I have an enamel badge poppy, which came on elastic to fit around the wrist. I bought this because every year I lose a poppy before Armistice Day and I thought it would be one way to show support for our armed services without it getting lost. I should have bought a 'normal' poppy as well because I did not feel quite right on Sunday at our Remembrance Service without one showing.
 
I loose mine every year on my coat I have an enamel pin as well. My 10 year old grandson has a stick on one, it must be good! It was all battered and curled up on his coat when I took him to school today but at least it was there.
 
View attachment gass workers mem.bmppaul stacey has asked me to post this pic of the poppy and cross that he laid on the cambridge gas company pals memorial...so pleased you managed to do this paul...i know how much you wanted to...

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Thanks so much Lyn, its normally a day when I remember my pals lying in "Silent Valley military cemetery" Little Aden, Aden, Southern Arabia. Also those who did't come home from NI, but being the centenary of WW1, I had often gone by the "Gas Company memorial", and never seen a poppy on it and so, this year, my old mate John Marshall, ex S/SGT 39. Engineer Regt, RE and me did it this year. A simple message which read, to let you know that your sacrifice was not in vain, or forgotten. Kindest regards Paul Stacey.
 
thats lovely paul and well done to you and your mate john...a simple message maybe...but words that speak volumns...

all the best paul..

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Hello Paul. I don't know whether this is relevant to you but there was an obituary and a long write-up in The Times today (Saturday 15th Nov) on Major-General Sir Peter Downward. The article said that he had played a key role in the defence of Aden in the 1960s, and I noticed that you had served there. He commanded the Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers). Might be of interest? Dave.
 
Hi Dave, The Lancashire Fusiliers, (Yellow/White Hackle). were in the Aden Policing Emergency, I believe in 66/67, They lost a few men when the Aden Police Mutinied, at Crater, together with the Argil and Sutherland Highlanders, as to the deceased Major/General I am afraid as a lowly squaddie, I had not heard of him, Thanks for the thought though.Paul
 
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