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Montysoptician said:
Like you Cumbrian, I have an enamel poppy from my place of work and an enamel SAFC poppy both of which I wear.

Every year I give £10.00 to the first poppy seller I see and explain about my enamel poppy. This year the bloke thought I was daft and tried to give me anything he had on display, in the end I took a paper poppy to appease him and had a long chat about his career in the forces.

I was never in the armed forces but my Dad was a regular soldier before and during the war and I have access to his experiences through the DLI website. I have the utmost respect for everyone who served and especially those who gave the ultimate sacrifice.
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Every year I think about the freedoms we have in this country and I reflect on the cost of that freedom and for me the Poppy is a symbol of remembrance but also a symbol of peace.
 
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Just opened up FM24 that released today, some surprises within our squad..

For the first time in years we have a valuable squad that you’ll actually be able to generate some transfer revenue off but interesting our most valuable player is Aouchiche at £13.5m, followed by Pembele at £13m.
 
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WorkyTicketFTM said:
Just opened up FM24 that released today, some surprises within our squad..

For the first time in years we have a valuable squad that you’ll actually be able to generate some transfer revenue off but interesting our most valuable player is Aouchiche at £13.5m, followed by Pembele at £13m.
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He'll be a regular starter by the end of the season imo.
 
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Gordon Armstrong said:
On November 7th, 1920, in strictest secrecy, four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, Arras, the Asine and the Somme. None of the soldiers who did the digging were told why.

The bodies were taken by field ambulance to GHQ at St-Pol-Sur-Ter Noise, and once there, the bodies were draped with the union flag. Sentries were posted and Brigadier-General Wyatt and a Colonel Gell selected one body at random.

The other three were reburied. A French Honour Guard was selected and stood by the coffin overnight of the chosen soldier.

On the morning of the 8th November, a specially designed coffin made of oak from the grounds of Hampton Court arrived and the Unknown Warrior was placed inside.

On top was placed a crusaders sword and a shield on which was inscribed: "A British Warrior who fell in the GREAT WAR 1914-1918 for King and Country"

On the 9th of November, the Unknown Warrior was taken by horse-drawn carriage through Guards of Honour and the sound of tolling bells and bugle calls to the quayside. There, he was saluted by Marechal Foche and loaded onto HMS Vernon bound for Dover.

The coffin stood on the deck covered in wreaths, surrounded by the French Honour Guard. Upon arrival at Dover, the Unknown Warrior was met with a nineteen gun salute - something that was normally only reserved for Field Marshals. A special train had been arranged and he was then conveyed to Victoria Station, London. He remained there overnight, and on the morning of the 11th of November, he was finally taken to Westminster Abbey.

The idea of the unknown warrior was thought of by a Padre called David Railton who had served on the front line during the Great War, and the union flag that he had used as an altar cloth whilst at the front was the one that had been draped over the coffin.

It was his intention that all of the relatives of the 517,773 combatants whose bodies had not been identified could believe that the Unknown Warrior could very well be their lost husband, father, brother or son.

This is the reason why we wear poppies. We do not glorify war, we remember with humility the great and ultimate sacrifices that were made, not just in this war, but in every war and conflict where our service personnel have fought, to ensure the liberty and freedoms that we now take for granted.

Every year, on the 11th of November, we remember the Unknown Warrior.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.
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When the cortege arrived at Westminster Abbey, the coffin was given an Honour Guard, made up of over a hundred men who had been awarded The Victoria Cross, during the conflict.
 
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You know sods law
Got some decorative gravel delivered yesterday 08 15
08 30 I new there was not enough ordered more 0830 said it would be delivered today
Now told it will arrive late afternoon
Hanging around half job done in dirty clothes
Not allowed in house
However took my dirty clothes off now watching snooker
 
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Vincemac said:
You know sods law
Got some decorative gravel delivered yesterday 08 15
08 30 I new there was not enough ordered more 0830 said it would be delivered today
Now told it will arrive late afternoon
Hanging around half job done in dirty clothes
Not allowed in house
However took my dirty clothes off now watching snooker
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Absolutely knackered
All done now
 
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