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dataman
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02/09/2010 23:42 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 2 of 8 in Discussion |
| He was full of wind !! |
Lilli
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02/09/2010 23:49 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 3 of 8 in Discussion |
| molly its a lovely story what a man. May he rest in peace. I remember my father who was in an irish regiment speaking very fondly of him. |
fiendishpaul
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03/09/2010 10:50 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 4 of 8 in Discussion |
| A fantastic obituary and worthy of a truly great man.
Paul |
matula
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03/09/2010 12:51 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 5 of 8 in Discussion |
| Msg 2. And you dataman are full of s--t! |
dublinderm
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03/09/2010 13:29 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 6 of 8 in Discussion |
| I would like to echo matula's comment on Msg 2. A disgraceful slur on the memory of a brave and humble man.
Non-coms rarely get the recognition that many deserve, the fact that many newspapers (including Irish ones) thought enough of Bill Millin and his exploits shows just how special he was.
This is no place for stupid childish comments like dataman's.
DD |
dublinderm
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03/09/2010 13:39 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 7 of 8 in Discussion |
| Just to make the point about recognition. From the Daily Record...
"Yet Bill was never honoured by his own country."
His boss Lord Lovat ended his war a few days after DDay when he was wounded, yet he still managed to get the DSO and MC. Who was the braver of the two? I mean no disrespect to Lord Lovat.
Bill was honoured by the French with a Croix d'Honneur, and a statue has now been erected in Normandy.
DD |
Sundance
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03/09/2010 13:48 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 8 of 8 in Discussion |
| Hello Lilli I am ex 1 Royal Irish, and served from 8 Sept 1970 to 15 June 1993, What was your fathers name?,what Regt did he serve with, was he Skins, Rifles,faughs, Rangers, 5DG,s, Queens Royal Irish or the Micks, I also spent some time as a piper in the Drums and Pipes, well the Regimental press gang got me.
Bill Millin R.I.P ( AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM) |
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