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Originally Posted by jambutty
I don’t think that the veterans are bothered whether you are impressed or not Madhatter.
I’m sorry that your granddad has died but we all have to go at some time. I’m sorry that your nan can’t claim a badge on his behalf but a line has to be drawn somewhere. Although I think that a living spouse or child should be able to claim the award on the deceased behalf.
In any case this award is not about you but about those who gave their lives and health and were prepared to give their lives and health just so you could be unimpressed with a tiny recognition of what they did.
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exactly and those that gave their lives, their whole lives or part of their lives and have later died would want their spouses to be able to claim this on their behalf. He did his bit and now can't claim his badge, and can't get anyone to do so for him.
veterans should be bothered, because i'm avoice of the family of a dead veteran, and many other members of veterans families will be unimpressed and hurt too.
When I first read this, I thought great, nan will be really happy that she can get this, it will make her so proud, but no, silly me, thinking they'd actually care about the ones that survived and later died, and the families of.
wear it with pride jambutty, it will probably be the last token of recognition you'll ever get off this country.