I am always surprised about how picky we can be when remembrance or commemoration is involved. One such is the seeming lack of appreciation for the guys and girls on the ground who kept the Spits and Hurricanes in the air during the Battle of Britain and gave their lives in the process. Not all were in the military and I am reminded in particular of two GPO engineers who were killed whilst reconnecting the vital telephone line between a Battle of Britain airfield to Fighter Command HQ. I will happily wear my poppy for them and all the others who gave their lives in order to stop me having to live under the Nazi cosh.
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