Service for UK armed forces' personnel killed in 2009
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[quote]Families of 119 UK service personnel killed in conflicts last year have attended a service of remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum.
Prince Edward joined relatives at the service in Staffordshire where he led the laying of wreaths.
Last year was the bloodiest year for UK forces since the Falklands conflict.
The names of those killed have been carved into the Armed Forces Memorial alongside the other 16,000 service personnel who have died since 1948.
The names of all those who lost their lives in the last year were read out at the service, which also included a two-minute silence.
Addressing those gathered, the Venerable Ray Pentland QHC, chaplain-in-chief at the Royal Air Force, described the process of remembrance as "very precious and special", adding that it "helps to give us a foundation".
"Let us chant their names and call them home," he said, of those who had lost their lives.
And Bishop John Kirkham, the former bishop of the armed forces, read A Litany of Remembrance.
Wreaths were laid as part of the service to honour those killed
The Armed Forces Memorial honours personnel killed on duty, or as a result of terrorist action.
Made from Portland stone, it was dedicated by the Queen in 2007 and features an obelisk and a circular wall bearing the names of the dead.
The latest 119, engraved by stonemason Nick Hindle, include the 41 UK soldiers killed during Operation Panther's Claw in Afghanistan last July and August.
Also inscribed are the names of Sappers Mark Quinsey and Patrick Azimkar - the two soldiers shot dead outside their barracks in Northern Ireland in March 2009 by dissident republicans.
The memorial, in Alrewas, has been designed to allow a shaft of sunlight to fall across the sculpted wreath on the central stone at precisely 1100 GMT on the 11th day of the 11th month - Armistice Day.
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Had the service where I live!!
fought and fell and I have so much respect for those who are serving, served or have died for us
I cannot wait to join them
[QUOTE=j-richardson;22392183]Had the service where I live!!
fought and fell and I have so much respect for those who are serving, served or have died for us
I cannot wait to join them[/QUOTE]
I'm not saying this to be a dick - but you just said you can't wait to join the dead?
Anyway, the soldiers deserve all of our respect, pisses me off when people act like dicks to them because they don't support the war. Act like dicks to the politicians who sent them, not the soldiers.
[QUOTE=Tucks;22392577]Anyway, the soldiers deserve all of our respect, pisses me off when people act like dicks to them because they don't support the war. Act like dicks to the politicians who sent them, not the soldiers.[/QUOTE]
Exactly this.
The soldiers deserve so much more respect than they get at the moment. It's some rich politicians fault that they are out there serving for us.
R.I.P those who have died in all conflicts including the many dead from other countries.
[QUOTE=Tucks;22392577][b]I'm not saying this to be a dick - but you just said you can't wait to join the dead?[/b]
Anyway, the soldiers deserve all of our respect, pisses me off when people act like dicks to them because they don't support the war. Act like dicks to the politicians who sent them, not the soldiers.[/QUOTE]
uhh
2 people from my school joined the army
I think to "shoot pakis" was their specific reason but they got sent to Germany or Cyprus or some place where they can't fulfil their dream
it would be awesome to get stationed in germany
[QUOTE=Thomo;22392733]:golfclap:
One of my dearest friends has been accepted into an army college, he's decided to be a bomb disposal expert, I dread the day I see his name on the news, although he wont be over there until 2012/13[/QUOTE]
Is this AFC harrogate by any chance?
[QUOTE=Tucks;22392577]pisses me off when people act like dicks to them because they don't support the war. Act like dicks to the politicians who sent them, not the soldiers.[/QUOTE]
This is also pisses me off.
Another thing that pisses me off though, is that if I say I don't support the war, some people will go ahead and assume that means I hate the soldiers fighting it - and I don't.
[QUOTE=j-richardson;22393054]uhh[/QUOTE]
I think he means
[QUOTE=j-richardson;22392183]
fought and fell and I have so much respect for those who are serving, served or have [b]died[/b] for us
I cannot wait to join [b]them[/b][/QUOTE]
so what that guy who made that dumb comment wants to say is that 'them' refers to the people who have died. Hence the "but you just said you can't wait to join the dead?"
