Lest we forget - Index                                                                                             THE  FINAL INSPECTION ( Click Here)

Rifles Band play Sharpe for Heroes 

£1 will buy you the single with all the proceeds  going to support the wounded. Help for Heroes

 

Wally Parr, who has died aged 83, took part in the glider-borne assault which captured Pegasus Bridge

 

 

Poul Hansen - Code name "Jelly"Special Operations Executives (SOE) and was trained in the United Kingdom.

 
 

CHATEAU JOBERT, DSO (aka CONAN) CO of 3 SAS founder of the French Jump school in Pau

 

  General Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley

 

 
  Robert Gilbert "Rocky" Frie, born February 12, 1954, in San Pedro,
California, and died June 25, 2006
  Staff Sergeant Geoff Barkway  was the pilot of one of the six Horsa gliders, which delivered Major Howard's Coup de Main Force to  Caen Canal in Normandy on DDay
 
 

Lieutenant-Colonel Terence Otway  DSO   Commander of airborne forces who on D-Day captured a German battery at Merville, which threatened the Sword Beach landings.

  Captain Piers St Aubyn. was one of only three officers of 156 Parachute Battalion to emerge unscathed from the battle of Arnhem.
 
 

Sgt Sid Capon    was one of the first to reach the guns of the Merville battery in Normandy on D-Day.

 

Arthur Hendy, Arnhem Veteran,   Royal British legion Spalding,  Lincolnshire Army Cadet force,  Pathfinder Parachute Group UK ,      An account of his time during the battle at Arnhem bridge

 
 

Stan Jeavons 26-year-old Lieutenant First officer to land by parachute in France.

 

Lance-Sergeant William Fulton No.3 Platoon, "A" Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion Fulton was the first British soldier to set foot on the Rhine bridge at Arnhem on 17 September 1944

 
  Terry Bradshaw - Pathfinder Parachute Group Para REME and served with 16th Ind. Airborne Brigade.   Captain Alex Eida in Afghanistan on Tuesday 1 August 2006.
 
  Captain David Patton  killed in Afghanistan on 27 June 2006   Captain Jim Philippson 7 Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery killed in Afghanistan on Sunday 11 June 2006.
 
Corporal Bryan James Budd, 3rd Battalion the Parachute Regiment, in Afghanistan on Sunday 20 August 2006.   Corporal Mark William Wright in Afghanistan on Wednesday 6 September 2006.
 
  Corporal Oliver Simon Dicketts of the Parachute Regiment, who was killed following the crash of a RAF Nimrod MR2 aircraft in Afghanistan on Saturday 2 September 2006.   Private Andrew Barrie Cutts of 13 Air Assault Support Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps, in Musa Qualeh, northern Helmand province, on Sunday 6 August 2006.
 
  Private Charles David Murray, 'Dave'  Assault Engineer with 4 Platoon, B Company, 2 PARA when he was killed in action by a suicide device in Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan.   Private Damion Raymond Jackson 3rd Battalion the Parachute Regiment, Afghanistan on 5 July 2006.
 
  Private Daniel Gamble was serving as a rifleman and Pashto linguist with 4 Platoon, B Company, 2 PARA  southern Afghanistan.    Colonel SASSI, one of the last Jedburghs, Free French SAS, member of the mighty "Force 136" made the big drop on the final DZ on 9 January 2009.
 

Thomas Peter Berry, ( Chick),  1st Airborne Division and 1 LAD , Born Eastleigh 1922

    John Loker, known to his friends as Jack Loker, joined the Army  before the outbreak of the Second World War and became a storeman in the Royal Army Service Corps 
 

Lieutenant-Colonel David Danger: SAS radio operator

    Vince Goodwin - 2 Para - Arnhem
 

(Colonel Flamand participated in the ceremonies following the re enactment SAS jumps in the Alps. The incl pic was taken there. We have lost a friend and supporter)

   
 
>
 The soldier stood and faced God,
 Which must always come to pass.
He hoped his shoes were shining,
Just as brightly as his brass.
>
Step forward now, you  soldier,
How shall I deal with you ?
Have you always turned the other cheek ?
To My Church have you been true?'
>
The soldier squared his shoulders and said,
No, Lord, I guess I ain't.
Because those of us who carry  guns,
Can't always be a saint.
>
 I've had to work most Sundays,
And at times my talk was tough.
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
>
But, I never took a penny,
That wasn't mine to keep...
Though I worked a lot of overtime,
When the bills got just too steep.
>
And I never passed a cry for help,
Though at times I shook with fear.
And sometimes, God, forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
>
I know I don't deserve a place,
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around,
Except to calm their fears.
>
If you've a place for me here, Lord,
It needn't be so grand.
 I never expected or had too much,
 But if you don't, I'll understand.
>
There was a silence all  around the throne,
 Where the saints had often trod.
 As the soldier waited quietly,
 For the judgement of his God.
>
 'Step forward  now, you soldier,
You've borne your burdens  well..
 Walk peacefully on Heaven's  streets,
 You've done your time in Hell.'