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tezzer
14th Dec 2013, 08:36
BBC News - Essex bombing veteran Stan Franks saved from pauper's funeral (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-25366840)
Chugalug2
16th Dec 2013, 09:26
We are very poor about celebrating and acknowledging those to whom we owe our freedoms. Always have been, witness the plight of those same people following the Napoleonic Wars. 65 years after the event we finally produce a Memorial to those colleagues of Stan who gave their lives for us. It will probably take another 65 years again for us to finally decide that what they did was both necessary and worthwhile. That is all a comment about us and not about them.
RIP and thank you, Stan Franks.
reds & greens
16th Dec 2013, 20:23
RIP Stan
Bless you, and thank you for your service and bravery
smujsmith
16th Dec 2013, 20:32
Well done RAFA and the media. This man was more than worthy of respect. RIP Stan, you have done your bit, and we are grateful.
althenick
16th Dec 2013, 21:53
I am currently sitting in my Spare room/Study wondering where the source of all this sand is coming from which has now found its way into both my eyes...
Well done on surviving and doing the necessary Stan, and BZ to the RAFA for seeing him on his way with dignity :D