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Old 11th Apr 2021, 20:35
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Herod

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Sticking with the thread, a little story. Those who were in the rotary world many years ago will remember the late Dave Hurley. Dave was a Wessex driver with the Queen's Flight, and apparently he and the Duke got on very well. Possibly because of a shared love of aeroplanes and also a mutual reluctance to suffer fools. Dave passed away a few years ago, at the age of 84. Almost thirty years after he would have retired. I went to his commemoration service, and I gathered there was a Gp Capt there, representing the Duke. Still honouring his friend from thirty years previously. Says a lot about the man.
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