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21/04/2017 15:05:00
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Andy Maines
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Here are the remaining photos.
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23/04/2017 16:48:49
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Pete
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Thanks again to Gwenan and to Andy for providing these 3 photos which have been added to the gallery. The one of Idris is included in the sub album in his name, and the one of Gwyn Jones is alongside that sub album within the gallery. The 3rd is on the last page with the others.
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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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23/04/2017 18:24:15
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Kevin
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Andy, good photos. When I first met Idris he was like my father, an innocent looking, run of a mill store keeper, just shows, how innocence deceive.
Pity that, he like my father and many others would never really 'open up' to us until their formative years, but with hindsight of what they saw and did its not surprising.
Cheers Andy. (I frequently visit the cemetery when in the vicinity).
Kevin
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24/04/2017 09:35:50
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Andy Maines
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Hi Kevin
Thanks for that, I will have to go and visit where Idris is buried myself, could you give me the name of the cemetery please.
Cheers Andy
Ps I have got some other photos that I will scan that were taken when Idris whent back to France to visit the grave of his best friend Elwyn Edwards. The trip was filmed by a Welsh TV channel, the photos also show the annual commemoration ceremony that the locals hold at the graves of the two men who were killed on Operation Chopper.
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24/04/2017 09:48:07
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Kevin
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Hi Andy, hope this helps. Kevin
Shared route
From Pwllheli to Bethel via Ala Rd/A497 and A499.
5 min (1.9 mi)
5 min in current traffic
1. Head south-east towards New St/A497
2. Exit the roundabout onto New St/A497
3. At the roundabout, continue straight onto Ala Rd/A497
4. Exit the roundabout onto Ala Rd/A497
5. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto A499
6. Exit the roundabout onto A499
7. Turn right
8. Arrive at location: Bethel
For the best route in current traffic visit https://goo.gl/maps/bKoh3ingP3U2
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24/04/2017 21:50:59
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Andy Maines
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Thanks Kevin
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