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James Paul
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In February 2000 a regimental plaque of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) was taken into space on the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The article about the plaque and photographs can be view at: Regimental Plaque in space |
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We have been asked to help promote the current epetition for the National Defence Medal; the epetition can be found at: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/2311 The epetition reads:
If you would like to support the epetition, please take the time to sign.
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To commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen, I have been commissioned to produce a book of the reminiscences of servicemen and women who served as either National Service or Regular personnel during the sixty years of the Queen's reign (1952 - 2012). The book will be called Under The Queen's Colours and The History Press will publish it next year as a hardback priced at £18.99. I am looking for people to talk to me about their service life. I want to hear about life here in Britain, and overseas in any of the hot spots around the world that our service personnel found themselves in. I am looking for funny, happy or sad stories; those that teach a lesson or show the mundane. They can be long or short anecdotes. I would like to hear from those in all branches of the military, male and female, National Service or Regular recruit. The kind of story I would like to hear about might be related to call up, basic training, life in barracks, going overseas, life when posted, family life, leisure time, life in a conflict zone, stories about friends, problems with uniform or superior officers, the highs of service life or the lows. What is it like on a submarine or aircraft carrier, in a Chinook or a tank? How was a gun kept sand free in the dessert? Were you in any of the following hot spots: Malaya, Korea, Suez, Cyprus, Kenya, Aden, Borneo, Northern Ireland, Oman, the Falkland Islands, the Gulf Wars, Bosnia, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, Iraq, or any others not mentioned here? If so, I would love to hear about it. I am also looking for photographs to illustrate the stories told. As they say, a picture paints a thousand words, and so a photograph of a person/people, a place or an event will bring the words to life. I do hope that you can help me by spreading the word about this project. I have to have the book completed by 1 December, so I am looking to talk to people over the next few months. This can be done either face to face, by telephone or I can send some questions by post or email to be completed by the recipient. All those who contribute to the book will be acknowledged inside it, as well as those who assist me with producing it. For information: I am a member of the Society of Authors and the National Union of Journalists. This will be my eighth commissioned book, all published by The History Press. I specialise in local and military history. For more information please visit my website: www.pennylegg.com Anyone who would like to contact me can do so by emailing: penny@pennylegg.com or by calling 02380 438 931 and leaving a message. I will call back. Thank you for reading this message and I look forward to hearing from you. Please feel free to ask if you have any questions. Best wishes, Penny |
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Should employees be allowed to wear a Poppy our National Symbol
of Remembrance at work or not !My name is Harriet and I'm 18 years old, back in
November I changed the Employment Policy of an American clothing company because I
was told I couldn't wear my Poppy whilst at work. I am now on a mission to lobby the
Government to look into this matter, so this embarrassing situation doesn't happen
to others in the future. Please take a moment to look at my website and my
petition, I do hope I can rely on your help & support as I need a 100,000 signatures
or more to help make this petition work and be eligible for a debate in
Parliament.BBC Midlands Today covered my story on Monday 7th March, you can now
watch it on my Website..My campaign / petition and web site is now in full swing,
the online petition is currently standing at 8,742 and I have over 1,000 signatures
on my manual petition, a long way to go yet but I intend to hand deliver my petition
to No. 10 personally.Please help me by spreading the word as this is such an
important and most sensitive issue to be addressed, don't leave it to others please
sign it today..
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The UN Veterans parade that is held At the Cenotaph here in London in May has been given the status of "Event of National interest". This years parade starts @ 12.30 hrs with a march from the R.U.S.S.I. Building at Whitehall.
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Legasee war veterans project The Legasee war veterans project is looking for volunteers who want to tell their stories. As part of an exciting social history project, the film company Legasee is looking for war veterans who would like to have their stories filmed for posterity. This footage will be used to launch a unique online archive of interviews for use by schools, colleges and members of the public. To kick-start the project, we're looking for war veterans of any age who wish to recall their experiences in front of the camera for the benefit of future generations. It doesn't matter what campaign or country they served in, or what role they played. The Legasee war veterans project is completely free of charge, with any travel expenses paid - all we need is their knowledge, enthusiasm and a small amount of their time to take part in the filming. If you know anyone that's interested, please ask them to email me giving their name, age, daytime phone number and brief details of their wartime service so we can contact them to discuss this further. We hope to hear from you, and please feel free to forward this email to any war veterans that you think might be interested. Kind regards
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Jackie Trent Jackie made many friends amongst the military and is anxious to include their stories in that part of her life story. Surviving members of our Forces may enjoy making contact with Jackie about old times. We posted a dedicated 'Were You There' section on her web site - http://www.jackietrent.com - and seek the ID of,and contact with, British military personnel on the two black-and-white old photo's we found in Jackie's old papers. Jackie has sent us a letter, please click on the link to read the letter;
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Investigation into the 1949 Yangtze campaign medal awards system
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to make representations to the UK Government asking it to investigate the circumstances into the process for awarding medals to those involved in the 1949 Yangtze campaign and, in particular, whether this process was corrupted as a result of the exclusion of relevant and important documents relating to the role of HMS Concord in the Yangtze Campaign on 30 and 31 July 1949. If you would like to sign the petition please follow this link:
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My Name is Alan 'Mac' McClinton and together with Eddie Shinton we have started a new association for ex soldiers and serving soldiers who were, in the now disbanded, 'Army Dog Unit Northern Ireland'(ADUNI) The aim of this new website is to re-establish contact between ex-dog handlers and put them back in touch with each other - without the payment of a fee! So many of us served in the ADU NI from the early 1970's onwards, which makes some of us roundabout 60 years of age, and more! Now has to be the time to do this, or it will be lost forever. We want to build a successful Association which, in future years, can be administered by our younger colleagues who served in the later years of the Unit's involvement in NI. The ADU used hundreds of handlers from all branches of the services and this is part of our history which we should not allow to fade away. It was a unique situation and we have some wonderful memories of those times. Please get in touch - stay in touch - and help us build the first Army Dog Unit (Northern Ireland) Association. No subscription required! We look forward to hearing from all who served in the unit - send us your photos (then and now!) for inclusion on the website, and share you memories with us too - they will make good reading for everyone. Tell us about your ADU NI tours, and what you are doing now - always interesting to former colleagues! Whether you were a Guard Dog Handler Tracker Handler or AES Handler. you were the guys who made it so special for more information go to http://www.armydogunit-ni.co.uk Yours Sincerely Alan 'Mac' McClinton Ex ADU NI 3brigade 8Brigade and 39Brigade
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