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05-06-2008, 03:26 PM
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| Member   Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: March In The Isle of Ely
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 | Civilian War Dead Of The Great War Petition to: Urge the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to amend their Royal Charter to Enable the Civilian War Dead of the First World War to be commemorated as those of the Second World War are Commemorated. Im trying to the civilian war dead of the Great War the same status as those of the World War 2 - please sign if you agree & please pass it on to any likeminded friends Chris |
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05-06-2008, 04:00 PM
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| Ostfront is where its at!   Join Date: Apr 2004
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| You referring to the guy named Des???  Chris, best of luck with your petition and its a noble cause.
__________________ "The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse." - General Heinz Guderian "With amazement and disappointment, we discovered in late October and early November that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a military force they had almost ceased to exist." - General Blumentritt "In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen me fight so hard." Lieutenant General Wilhelm Bittrich - Commander of II SS Panzer Korps - (Commenting on the British Paratroopers at Arnhem) - September 1944 "Had Clark given more heed to Juin's views...the savage battles of Cassino would probably never have been fought and the venerable house of St Benedict would have been unscathed" Rudolf Böhmler - 1st Fallschirmjäger Division - 1944 (After the bombing of Monte Cassino) |
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05-06-2008, 04:12 PM
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| Silly old moo   Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Co Down, Northern Ireland
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 I was refering to the one with 8 letters after his name! ... d | |
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05-06-2008, 04:15 PM
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| Ostfront is where its at! Join Date: Apr 2004
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| Ah yes!! I know who you mean!!!
__________________ "The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse." - General Heinz Guderian "With amazement and disappointment, we discovered in late October and early November that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a military force they had almost ceased to exist." - General Blumentritt "In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen me fight so hard." Lieutenant General Wilhelm Bittrich - Commander of II SS Panzer Korps - (Commenting on the British Paratroopers at Arnhem) - September 1944 "Had Clark given more heed to Juin's views...the savage battles of Cassino would probably never have been fought and the venerable house of St Benedict would have been unscathed" Rudolf Böhmler - 1st Fallschirmjäger Division - 1944 (After the bombing of Monte Cassino) |
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05-06-2008, 04:34 PM
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| Silly old moo Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Co Down, Northern Ireland
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Certainly made an impression on me - one of my mates just signed on too. Best wishes, dbf | |
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05-06-2008, 04:40 PM
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| Ostfront is where its at! Join Date: Apr 2004
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 Thats brilliant! I'll look it up next time I pass through!
__________________ "The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse." - General Heinz Guderian "With amazement and disappointment, we discovered in late October and early November that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a military force they had almost ceased to exist." - General Blumentritt "In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen me fight so hard." Lieutenant General Wilhelm Bittrich - Commander of II SS Panzer Korps - (Commenting on the British Paratroopers at Arnhem) - September 1944 "Had Clark given more heed to Juin's views...the savage battles of Cassino would probably never have been fought and the venerable house of St Benedict would have been unscathed" Rudolf Böhmler - 1st Fallschirmjäger Division - 1944 (After the bombing of Monte Cassino) | |
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05-06-2008, 05:31 PM
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| Senior Member   Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Edinburgh
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| Sadly the signature of General Sir Richard Dannatt KCB DSO MC is a fake since he has the KCB, CBE & MC but not the DSO. General Sir Richard Dannatt KCB CBE MC ADC Gen
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05-06-2008, 08:12 PM
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| Legendary Member   Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Windsor UK
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| Just signed, hope it helps.
__________________ On weald of Kent I watched once more Again I heard that grumbling roar Of fighter planes; yet none were near And all around the sky was clear Borne on the wind a whisper came 'Though men grow old, they stay the same' And then I knew, unseen to eye The ageless Few were sweeping by |
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