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Derek Bennett 1 Dec 10
One of our West Midlands MEPs, Mike Nattrass, is backing a concerted campaign by veterans to wear their Pingat Jasa Malaysia (PJM) medal, which UK troops won through service in Malaysia, including Borneo.
I commented on this a little while ago on this blog as I feel the brave men and women who served their country should be allowed to wear the medals awarded them by the Malasian government in gratitude. During the period of both campaigns (1957 – 1966) a total of 1,174 decorations for bravery were made, with one Gurkha soldier being awarded the Victoria Cross…
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Express & Star 15 Nov 10
Thousands of people flocked to pay their respects to the country’s fallen war heroes during emotional Remembrance Day ceremonies across the West Midlands and Staffordshire.
Crowds stood still in silence across the region at 11am yesterday to remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, and honour those still fighting in Afghanistan…
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Derek Bennett 15 Nov 10
Despite often having gripes and moans about many of the things Walsall Council get up to, the one thing the Council does really well each year is the Remembrance Sunday parade and service and being part of it as a representative of UKIP always gives me great pride.
These events are not for those of us who have never served in conflict, but for those who have and to ensure we all remember what so many extremely brave people were willing to sacrifice to enable the rest of us to live in safety and freedom…
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Stuart Williams Bloxidge Tallygraph 15 Nov 10
Remembrance Sunday is about just that – remembering.
Remembering the fallen in battle, and those killed on the home front of two world wars, and in too many other conflicts, right up to the present day.
Remembering those who served then, now and tomorrow. Remembering those whose lives were shattered, or ended, at home, in the field and in other nations as well. Remembering friends and relatives who are no longer with us. Remembering those who still need our help.
When I prepared to attend today’s Remembrance Sunday parade and service in Bloxwich, I went to a drawer and pulled out a medal. My late father’s General Service or ‘Queen’s Medal’, a shiny silver disc stamped with queen Elizabeth II on the obverse and a figure of ‘Winged Victory’ on the reverse, and hung from a purple and green ribbon surmounted by a clasp embossed with ‘Canal Zone’…
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Bloxidge Tallygraph 15 Nov 10
On Sunday hundreds of residents of Bloxwich, Blakenall Heath and Leamore gathered to observe the nation’s traditional act of remembrance and to see a parade to honour fallen UK servicemen and women of all wars and conflicts, especially the Great War and the Second World War.
Participants in the parade were gathered outside the former Bulls Head pub (sadly, recently destroyed by fire) in Park Road by 10.20am…
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CommonPeople 15 Nov 10
Hundreds of people gathered at Pelsall Cenotaph today for the annual Remembrance Day service.
Uniformed organisations joined churchgoers, service veterans and villagers after morning services at St Michael’s Church and Pelsall Methodist Church…
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BrownhillsBob 14 Nov 10
We should never, ever forget. It’s easy to say, and I repeat it every year, but war is an ongoing business. Nearly every year since WWII British servicemen and women have seen active combat in one part of the world or another, and at any time, war is raging somewhere on our planet.
The people of all nationalities who fight these wars – and pay the ultimate price – are not special. They are like you or I, they are doing their duty, be it out of choice, compulsion or conscription. They are all the children of somebody, they have brothers and sisters, wives or husbands, and often children of their own. In the main they are working people doing a job. They are ordinary people thrust into extraordinary situations…
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Stuart Williams Bloxidge Tallygraph 12 Nov 10
It’s not often that The Bloxidge Tallygraph has occasion to report on events in Scandinavia. But this is just such a time, and it is our honour to do so, and to take part in a timely appeal as a result.
The photo above left was taken yesterday, Armistice Day, after a wreath laying at Steinkjer, Norway. The memorial pictured has been erected to remember eleven British soldiers who were killed in that area on 21-22 April 1940 during the Second World War…
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BrownhillsBob 13 Nov 10
Since it’s remembrance weekend, I thought I’d try and feature some wartime pictures of the area on the blog today. That was until I realised there aren’t actually that many of them about.
The war years – both the Great War and World War II – must have been as difficult in Brownhills as anywhere else, with many workers in reserved occupations the character of the town must have been a little different to other places. I was hoping for a better photographic record, so please, if you have anything to add please do contact me…
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B'ham Post 11 Nov 10
Walsall Mayor & staff observe 2 minutes’ silence
Millions of Britons fell silent today to remember those who have died in war.
But in London the solemn moment was marred by a small group of protesters styling themselves Muslims Against Crusades, who burned a model of a poppy.
As the clock struck 11am, the nation paused to mark the anniversary of Armistice Day, when peace returned to Europe at the end of the First World War…