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[Post New]02/05/2015 23:34:11
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Pete
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Follow this link. The narrator is Henry Brown OBE.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q67lx6R_ogE
Pete Rogers, son of LSgt Joe Rogers MM & nephew of TSM Ken McAllister. Both No2 Commando.
God and the Soldier, all men adore, In time of danger and not before.
When the danger is passed and all things righted, God is forgotten, and the Soldier slighted.

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[Post New]03/05/2015 08:16:24
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John M
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Nice to hear Henry Browns voice again Pete.

I still have the LP record and the service sheets for this. Did anybody on this forum attend this occasion?


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[Post New]03/05/2015 08:23:15
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Do not speak.....unless it improves on Silence.

A good teacher opens the door.....you must enter yourself.


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[Post New]17/05/2015 20:49:40
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Bill Harvey
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You can see a very young me with Mum Margaret Harvey and Jean Keenan looking at roll of honour.

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Son of Gunner Bill Harvey No4 Commando who was killed in action on 1 November 1944 when liberating Flushing. "Their deeds shall live from age to age. They've writ their name on History's page. Upheld their glorious heritage. The Fighting Fourth Commando."
 
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