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Old 29-07-2009, 21:28   #7
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Re: World War One

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Originally Posted by Retlaw View Post
Harry Patch didn't want a fancy funeral. There will be a service at Wells Cathedral on August 6th and he will then be buried near his relatives in his home town.
Only 1000 tickets are available, but a big screen will be erected in the Cathedral Grounds.
Not heard anything about Harry Allingham yet.
I'll bet g. brown will try to make some political capital out of it.

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Funny old world: the ones that deserve a state funeral with all the trimmings don't wan't one .... and those who don't deserve to be thrown onto the dung heap, would probably sell their souls to have one. And all those who lie where they fought and died, in graves marked "Known Unto God" .... how many stop to think about those?
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