Veterans Lapel Badges

[Hammy_Junior]

I wanted to post a double thanks then Led. By the way is Bar Charlies still in Haverfordwest then, me and Dave Martin had many a lock in there.

[led9750]

Yes mate Bar charlies still here , infact Haverfordwest looks as it was in our brawdy Days , and on a good point The royal Welch fusiliers are still Talked abount , Most of the town would be glad to see them back

All the best mate
led
[ Good Topic on the Badge now]

[stu reed]

Looking back through the thread, I can see Led has a point with the "Veterans" part of the badge. If the badge just had "HM Armed Forces", i would assume every serving and ex-service personel would feel more inclined and pride wearing it, at the correct occasions, instead of being given a "Veterans" badge when the majority do not feel like Veterans at all.

[led9750]

Thanks Stu Sense at last
Here's a tale , as most of you know i do removals [Hump it and dump it] I have worked with a guy who was ex RAF [ Seems like a nice boy] . he was Wearing a Veterans Badge , And imformed me after he did five years, He had enough and bought himself out , and this badge was given to him when he left. [Some veteran Eh ]
the Closest this guy came to combat was when he told me he He Backed my Wagon in to the car of the person we were moving.
So There you go

Cheers
Led

[bazbarron]

Led you've done it again
But congrats on an entertaining thread, one that would probably be better place on" sound off". As i have said before i don't consider myself to have been any sort of "Jonny Rambo",however being a remf i did have a role to fulfill within the Bn. I never heard you complain about that when we picked a soggy drums platoon up in some dark country lane in the province(or for that matter a trip to the White Horse Banbridge SHHHHH )
As an active member of my local British Legion i know a lot of ex service personnel quite a few who were TA. They served in the days were being called up for active service was virtually unheard of, unlike the present time. Yet they still wear the veterans badge with pride,they did their little bit. Would the wording have been better "EX HM Forces" badge.
Next year i will be attending the NI Veterans parade at the National Arboretum, as i live close to it, i was due to attend this year but due to work commitments couldn't. I have been told that it was a fantastic day and everybody who attended did so with pride, it made no difference what role they had done out there, just that they had been there under the same threat that every single squaddie regardless of job was under.(remember the two signals Sgts Anderstown rd)
As for Hammy he was Deltas and as you know Led we were the "TOP DOGS" and although i didn't make my career Deltas thats were it started for me. For me as it was for Hammy it was a career decision.
Anyway Led keep Rockin

Baz

[Thom15]

Just a thought and no disrespect at all to any WW1 and WW11 veterans but I'm sure that many we have seen on parade on Nov 11th were clerks, cooks and co's drivers. I should think several never saw the front lines but were part of that well oiled machine that has given us our freedom today.
A good thought provoking thread Led (I'm a poet and don't know it). However, as a "veteran" of many tours of N.I. I have and will continue to wear my veterans badge with pride on Nov 11th.
Dilwyn

[jones20]

with leds long hair no body would be able to see it anyway if he put it on his lapel