COLD WAR VETERANS
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17 some odd signatures yesterday, 17 some odd and a few more today. Clearly exposure to Jet Blast has not had a huge, or perhaps any, effect. 
There seem to be umpteen ‘medals’ up for sale these days which are, I presume, only to be worn on the right breast as they are not ‘official’ awards. It always make me smile when I see a chest full of Jubilee medals !
It always make me smile when I see a chest full of Jubilee medals!
FB
PS I forgot to mention Belize and Rhodesia
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A Chinese proverb:
A good reputation endureth for ever.
The many bare chested among us know what out friends did, we know what we did, we know what our families put up with, we know that we won.
And we know what wind and piss looks like when we see it.
A good reputation endureth for ever.
The many bare chested among us know what out friends did, we know what we did, we know what our families put up with, we know that we won.
And we know what wind and piss looks like when we see it.
Beags.
The buck flowing downhill ,by the time it got to my unit level in 1977 there was just one medal for 60 guys .for me to nominate.
My oldest hairy with a (then comparative) chestful going back to Suez times had proclaimed in the tea bar that it was all a disgrace and that HE for one would never wear it
So it was no prioblem to nomimate the potential incumbent.
The buck flowing downhill ,by the time it got to my unit level in 1977 there was just one medal for 60 guys .for me to nominate.
My oldest hairy with a (then comparative) chestful going back to Suez times had proclaimed in the tea bar that it was all a disgrace and that HE for one would never wear it
So it was no prioblem to nomimate the potential incumbent
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On my Sqn, the two allotted Jubilee Medals were given to a Cpl and a SAC who were a bit ‘rebellious’. I think it was meant to encourage them to conform a little better.
The rest of the Sqn looked on in bewilderment.
The rest of the Sqn looked on in bewilderment.
The qualifying criteria for the 1977 Queens Silver Jubilee medal were that you had to have served for 5 years between 1952-1977. However, only about 30000 were actually issued in the UK and as Haraka and others have indicated, the haphazard distribution amongst service personnel raised ill-feeling....
I'd sooner that wrong was righted retrospectively than some Cold War Veteran's medal was struck.
I'd sooner that wrong was righted retrospectively than some Cold War Veteran's medal was struck.
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I'd sooner that wrong was righted retrospectively than some Cold War Veteran's medal was struck.
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RAF personnel on operational stations during the war from which aircraft operated against the enemy, should have been recognised with a campaign star.
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My onetime Wg Cdr Boss was awarded an OBE. We had all worked hard for it.
Not surprising that it was instantly renamed “Other Bu&&ers’ Efforts”
Not surprising that it was instantly renamed “Other Bu&&ers’ Efforts”
I trust that his Flag Lieutenant wasn't too upset...
Too long since you were in dark blue!
More seriously, from records in the Naval Secretary's Office I believe that all officers of Flag rank, and all Commanding Officers of ships and establishments, received the SJM automatically.
Jack
Too long since you were in dark blue! More seriously, from records in the Naval Secretary's Office I believe that all officers of Flag rank, and all Commanding Officers of ships and establishments, received the SJM automatically.
Jack