Random thoughts and photos on my journey through life…
Filed under Defence of the Realm, This & That
…on the conflict in Afghanistan.
Last Thursday Mark Pritchard MP for the Wrekin was invited to speak at The Wrekin Rotary club meeting. Mark talked to the members and guests about why he believed that our troops should be involved in the conflict in Afghanistan. He explained that it was important to reduce the power of [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Dec 14th 2009
Filed under Defence of the Realm, Holidays, PhotoHunt
HMS Ocelot is situated at the Historic Dockyard, Chatham. If you ever visit the dockyard it is well worth joining one of the guided tours of the submarine.
HM Submarine Ocelot was the last warship built for the Royal Navy at Chatham Dockyard. An ‘O’ Class diesel electric submarine, she was launched in 1962 and [...]
34 Comments CherryPie on Nov 27th 2009
Filed under Defence of the Realm, PCS & Public Services
No doubt most of you will have read the recent reports in the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail stating that MoD civil servants have earned in excess of £47 million in bonuses in the last six months. The Telegraph starts the article with this sensational comment:
Civil servants at the Ministry of Defence have [...]
15 Comments CherryPie on Nov 14th 2009
Filed under Defence of the Realm
…and in the morning, we will remember them.
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we [...]
22 Comments CherryPie on Nov 11th 2009
Filed under Defence of the Realm, Heritage
Earlier this month saw the commencement of DNA testing on the remains of hundreds of Australian and British WW1 Soldiers whose remains were discovered last year in mass graves at Fromells.
The testing program sets out to identify the individuals that have been killed in combat and will be the largest undertaking of this kind to [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 26th 2009
Filed under Defence of the Realm
The latest edition of DefenceFocus reports on how the very first Armed Forces Day event was planned.
The day was conceived due to a desire to include armed forces members who are still serving their country into the Veterans Day celebrations. This idea was supported by a petition on the Number10 website, which led to the [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Aug 19th 2009
