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02-04-2008, 10:10 PM
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| Senior Member   Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ipswich
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 | Prince Obolesky A Russian Prince, is to have a statue raised to him in Ipswich. I did not realise that he is buried in Ipswich cemetery, killed in his crashing Hurricane. The story here, http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content...A03%3A00%3A163
__________________ 51 highland www.keep-em-moving.com Là á Bhlàir's math na Càirdean (Friends are good in the day of battle) Na diobair caraid's a charraid (Forsake not a friend in the fray) Cuimhnichibh na suinn nach maireann . Mairidh an cliu beo gu brath. (In memory of the Heroes who are no more. May their Fame live on forever) Last edited by 51highland; 02-04-2008 at 10:11 PM. Reason: Title should read as Obolensky |
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03-04-2008, 12:50 AM
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__________________ 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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03-04-2008, 09:26 AM
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| Pog mo thon   Join Date: Apr 2004
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| Wow. The guy certainly had an eventful life. And cruelly cut short too. 
__________________ "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 |
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