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19 Aug 2017 19:21 - 19 Aug 2017 19:28 #61 by David Thompson
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A new memorial stone to commemorate Sgt Cooper dedicated on the Centenary of the action for which the award was made ;
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11384812....the_First_World_War/
and
www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news...anniversary-13486560
and a plaque in Thornaby too ;
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11384812....the_First_World_War/
and a description of the action ;
www.thenortheastatwar.co.uk/vc-recipient...by-reading-the-paper

Photographs will follow before too long !
Youth is wasted on the young !
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19 Aug 2017 19:53 #62 by Smoggieboy
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Guess I'll get my pics in Oct !!

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19 Aug 2017 20:10 #63 by David Thompson
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Guess I'll get my pics in Oct !!

Well let me know when you are coming up before you've been and gone.....again ?
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19 Aug 2017 21:22 #64 by Smoggieboy
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Wildo mate, think first week in Oct !

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21 Aug 2017 17:13 #65 by canberra
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Did anyone watch the 100th anniversary commemeration of Passchendale a couple of weeks ago? I noticed that on all the grave stones and memorials that Sergeant was spelt Serjeant.

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21 Aug 2017 18:33 #66 by airfields man
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Took these at Rosehill Cemetery, Cowley, Oxford a couple of weeks ago.


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The recently dedicated plaque to Edward Brooks VC in Windsor Street, Headington, Oxford.
The Dead got memorials, The living got time.

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21 Aug 2017 19:35 #67 by airfields man
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www.oxfordshireblueplaques.org.uk/plaques/brooks.html
The Dead got memorials, The living got time.

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31 Aug 2017 09:19 - 31 Aug 2017 09:21 #68 by WILLIAMARNOLD
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In Coventrys War memorial Park
Long ago and far away

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01 Sep 2017 15:27 #69 by canberra
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My dad served in the 7th Royal Warwicks.
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02 Nov 2017 19:45 #70 by airfields man
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I discovered this today by pure chance as I drove around this area wasting some time between a delivery and collection.

www.rorkesdriftvc.com/vc/hitch.htm
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