A very powerful piece of writing by Bryan Forbes
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David Morton
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Can anybody come?
Of course, as long as you can get past the gate (which I'm sure you can), but you'd be better waiting for the full H for H day as the final curtain closer for the base. I'm not sure when it is yet -I'm waiting for the date.
All the best,
Graham.
David Morton
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Sick or what?
Every single ex-MP claimed a 'golden goodbye'
<B>All 220 MPs who departed the Commons at the last election claimed a ‘golden goodbye’ worth up to £65,000 – at a cost to the taxpayer of more than £10 million. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com
Every single former MP - including those disgraced over their expenses - accepted tens of thousands of taxpayers' cash when they stood down from Parliament.
Not one of the former MPs turned down the largely tax-free payments – known as “resettlement grants” – even though many had known for years in advance that they planned to step down from Parliament. <o
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Among them were a number of disgraced MPs who had been exposed for abusing their expenses, or who were forced to stand down as a result of sexual or financial scandals. <o></o>
The figures were reluctantly released by the Commons yesterday after a year-long Freedom of Information battle. <o></o>
They show that MPs of all parties accepted the payments, which are based on the person’s length of service and age when they leave Parliament, even though the grants had been heavily criticised by Sir Christopher Kelly, the Standards watchdog, who called for them to be phased out. <o></o>
The maximum amount of £65,000 – the equivalent of a backbench MP’s annual salary – was paid to those who had been in Parliament for more than 14 years and who were aged between 55 and 64 on general election day. <o></o>
They were handed over addition to a £41,000 “winding up allowance,” which ex-MPs could draw on to pay off staff and settle other office costs. <o></o>
Among those who collected top rate golden goodbyes were Douglas Hogg, the former Conservative minister who claimed for a moat on his expenses, and Derek Conway, who was expelled from the Tories after overpaying his son on his taxpayer-funded allowances to work as a parliamentary researcher. <o></o>
Former Labour ministers Stephen Byers and Geoff Hoon, who were caught up in a cash for access lobbying scandal, received maximum payments, along with ex-cabinet colleagues Patricia Hewitt, Des Browne and John Reid.
Conservative Andrew MacKay, who stood down after it emerged he had registered his MP wife’s second home as his main address, also received the full £65,000, along with David Heathcoat-Amory, who claimed for 550 sacks of horse manure on his expenses. <o></o>
Former MPs who were under the age of 55 or more than 64-years-old when they stood down, and those with less than a decade’s service, were entitled to at least £32,500. <o></o>
They included Lib Dem Julia Goldsworthy, who was 31 when she lost her seat after only five years amid a furore over her claim for a £1,200 rocking chair, and who now works as an £74,000-a-year adviser to Danny Alexander, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury. <o></o>
Three Labour former MPs who have faced fraud charges over their expenses claims – David Chaytor, Jim Devine and Elliot Morley – were denied the payments, along with Harry Cohen, who was heavily criticised by the standards watchdog for abusing his allowances. <o></o>
Margaret Moran, another Labour MP who used her expenses to pay for £22,000 of dry rot treatment at a seaside property owned by her husband 100 miles from her constituency, received only half of the money to which she was entitled. <o></o>
The House of Commons refused to say whether she voluntarily accepted a lower amount, or if she was stripped of part of the grant.
Every single ex-MP claimed a 'golden goodbye'
<B>All 220 MPs who departed the Commons at the last election claimed a ‘golden goodbye’ worth up to £65,000 – at a cost to the taxpayer of more than £10 million. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com
Every single former MP - including those disgraced over their expenses - accepted tens of thousands of taxpayers' cash when they stood down from Parliament.
Not one of the former MPs turned down the largely tax-free payments – known as “resettlement grants” – even though many had known for years in advance that they planned to step down from Parliament. <o
></o>Among them were a number of disgraced MPs who had been exposed for abusing their expenses, or who were forced to stand down as a result of sexual or financial scandals. <o
></o>The figures were reluctantly released by the Commons yesterday after a year-long Freedom of Information battle. <o
></o>They show that MPs of all parties accepted the payments, which are based on the person’s length of service and age when they leave Parliament, even though the grants had been heavily criticised by Sir Christopher Kelly, the Standards watchdog, who called for them to be phased out. <o
></o>The maximum amount of £65,000 – the equivalent of a backbench MP’s annual salary – was paid to those who had been in Parliament for more than 14 years and who were aged between 55 and 64 on general election day. <o
></o>They were handed over addition to a £41,000 “winding up allowance,” which ex-MPs could draw on to pay off staff and settle other office costs. <o
></o>Among those who collected top rate golden goodbyes were Douglas Hogg, the former Conservative minister who claimed for a moat on his expenses, and Derek Conway, who was expelled from the Tories after overpaying his son on his taxpayer-funded allowances to work as a parliamentary researcher. <o
></o>Former Labour ministers Stephen Byers and Geoff Hoon, who were caught up in a cash for access lobbying scandal, received maximum payments, along with ex-cabinet colleagues Patricia Hewitt, Des Browne and John Reid.
Conservative Andrew MacKay, who stood down after it emerged he had registered his MP wife’s second home as his main address, also received the full £65,000, along with David Heathcoat-Amory, who claimed for 550 sacks of horse manure on his expenses. <o
></o>Former MPs who were under the age of 55 or more than 64-years-old when they stood down, and those with less than a decade’s service, were entitled to at least £32,500. <o
></o>They included Lib Dem Julia Goldsworthy, who was 31 when she lost her seat after only five years amid a furore over her claim for a £1,200 rocking chair, and who now works as an £74,000-a-year adviser to Danny Alexander, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury. <o
></o>Three Labour former MPs who have faced fraud charges over their expenses claims – David Chaytor, Jim Devine and Elliot Morley – were denied the payments, along with Harry Cohen, who was heavily criticised by the standards watchdog for abusing his allowances. <o
></o>Margaret Moran, another Labour MP who used her expenses to pay for £22,000 of dry rot treatment at a seaside property owned by her husband 100 miles from her constituency, received only half of the money to which she was entitled. <o
></o>The House of Commons refused to say whether she voluntarily accepted a lower amount, or if she was stripped of part of the grant.
David Morton
Lifetime Supporter
From the Telegraph on line:
MPs' expenses: former minister Elliot Morley pleads guilty to dishonestly claiming £32,000
The former environment minister Elliot Morley has pleaded guilty to fiddling his parliamentary expenses.
4:15PM BST 07 Apr 2011
The ex-Labour MP dishonestly claimed mortgage payments worth £32,000.
Morley is the first former minister to face jail over the MPs' expenses scandal which rocked Westminster.
He pocketed £16,800 in claims on a phantom mortgage and £15,200 after inflating the amount he was previously paying.
Just days before he was due to go on trial, Morley entered two guilty pleas for false accounting over claims made against his home in Winterton, near Scunthorpe, Lincs, between 2004 and 2007.
Morley, 58, wrongly filled out a total of 40 forms relating to payments for his home.
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The prosecution overshadows a political career lasting more than 20 years.
An MP for Scunthorpe since 1987, the former teacher was one of Labour's most prominent voices on agricultural issues and the environment.
He was party spokesman on rural affairs and animal welfare from 1989 until the 1997 election victory, and served under Tony Blair as environment minister from 2003 to 2006.
Campaigners criticised him for not admitting his crimes earlier.
Emma Boon, campaign director at the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: ''It's a shame that Morley took so long to make an admission of guilt.
''Taxpayers had to suffer the insult not only of him stealing from them, but then lying about it for so long and dragging out an expensive prosecution.
''This change of plea is one more small step towards Parliament regaining public trust.''
Jim Devine, the first MP to stand trial in the wake of the expenses scandal, was branded a liar by a judge last month as he was jailed for 16 months for offences totalling £8,385.
Two other former Labour members, David Chaytor and Eric Illsley, have already been jailed after pleading guilty to falsely claiming £22,000 and £14,500 respectively.
Former Tory peer Lord Taylor of Warwick awaits sentencing after being convicted by a jury in January of falsely claiming more than £11,000 for travel and overnight subsistence.
Morley entered his pleas as it emerged that MPs were paid £3.2 million in expenses for the final two months of last year.
James Sturman QC, for the defence, told Mr Justice Saunders that his client accepted a jail sentence is likely.
After Morley delivered his two guilty pleas, Mr Sturman urged the judge to consider his "lifetime of public service".
But, referring to a jail term, he added: "We know it is not a question of if but how long."
Outside court, Morley said "any comments I might make" will be at the next hearing.
Grey-haired Morley, wearing a dark blue suit and striped tie, spoke in court only to confirm his name and enter two guilty pleas.
The brief hearing was adjourned for pre-sentence reports to be submitted by May 12.
Before leaving court, he was taken to a meeting room to consult his lawyer.
MPs' expenses: former minister Elliot Morley pleads guilty to dishonestly claiming £32,000
The former environment minister Elliot Morley has pleaded guilty to fiddling his parliamentary expenses.
4:15PM BST 07 Apr 2011
The ex-Labour MP dishonestly claimed mortgage payments worth £32,000.
Morley is the first former minister to face jail over the MPs' expenses scandal which rocked Westminster.
He pocketed £16,800 in claims on a phantom mortgage and £15,200 after inflating the amount he was previously paying.
Just days before he was due to go on trial, Morley entered two guilty pleas for false accounting over claims made against his home in Winterton, near Scunthorpe, Lincs, between 2004 and 2007.
Morley, 58, wrongly filled out a total of 40 forms relating to payments for his home.
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11 Feb 2011
The prosecution overshadows a political career lasting more than 20 years.
An MP for Scunthorpe since 1987, the former teacher was one of Labour's most prominent voices on agricultural issues and the environment.
He was party spokesman on rural affairs and animal welfare from 1989 until the 1997 election victory, and served under Tony Blair as environment minister from 2003 to 2006.
Campaigners criticised him for not admitting his crimes earlier.
Emma Boon, campaign director at the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: ''It's a shame that Morley took so long to make an admission of guilt.
''Taxpayers had to suffer the insult not only of him stealing from them, but then lying about it for so long and dragging out an expensive prosecution.
''This change of plea is one more small step towards Parliament regaining public trust.''
Jim Devine, the first MP to stand trial in the wake of the expenses scandal, was branded a liar by a judge last month as he was jailed for 16 months for offences totalling £8,385.
Two other former Labour members, David Chaytor and Eric Illsley, have already been jailed after pleading guilty to falsely claiming £22,000 and £14,500 respectively.
Former Tory peer Lord Taylor of Warwick awaits sentencing after being convicted by a jury in January of falsely claiming more than £11,000 for travel and overnight subsistence.
Morley entered his pleas as it emerged that MPs were paid £3.2 million in expenses for the final two months of last year.
James Sturman QC, for the defence, told Mr Justice Saunders that his client accepted a jail sentence is likely.
After Morley delivered his two guilty pleas, Mr Sturman urged the judge to consider his "lifetime of public service".
But, referring to a jail term, he added: "We know it is not a question of if but how long."
Outside court, Morley said "any comments I might make" will be at the next hearing.
Grey-haired Morley, wearing a dark blue suit and striped tie, spoke in court only to confirm his name and enter two guilty pleas.
The brief hearing was adjourned for pre-sentence reports to be submitted by May 12.
Before leaving court, he was taken to a meeting room to consult his lawyer.
David Morton
Lifetime Supporter
Just in case we forget with all this hoo haa in Libya, the total in Afghanistan is 2,403.
I'm sure it will reach 3,000 by next Christmas. How sad.
Write - you know who to. But please write and voice your concern and opinions.
It's only a postage stamp at the end of the day.
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I just had a reply from the Attorney General who wote to me defending the Secretary of State for Defence and his reputation. I called him useless and other simple words and of having no miltary experience at all. They all gather ranks around and defend each other. We only get the govenment we deserve unless we stand up and protest.
I'm sure it will reach 3,000 by next Christmas. How sad.
Write - you know who to. But please write and voice your concern and opinions.
It's only a postage stamp at the end of the day.
iCasualties | Operation Enduring Freedom | Afghanistan
I just had a reply from the Attorney General who wote to me defending the Secretary of State for Defence and his reputation. I called him useless and other simple words and of having no miltary experience at all. They all gather ranks around and defend each other. We only get the govenment we deserve unless we stand up and protest.
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Pete McCluskey.
Lifetime Supporter
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Political Bastardry! <o></o>
<o></o>
<o></o>
On the 18th of August 1966 at Long Tan, Vietnam,<o></o>
D Company of the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment,<o></o>
mainly made up of Australian National Servicemen<o></o>
and at that time located to support the American Army,<o></o>
fought a battle against the Viet Cong.<o></o>
In this action D Company lost 18 men killed and 24 injured.<o></o>
The Viet Cong dead numbered in excess of 245.<o></o>
The Australian lines were never crossed.<o></o>
The Viet Cong withdrew.<o></o>
<o></o>
American President Johnson and US Army Staff recognised the achievement<o></o>
by awarding the Unit Citation of Gallantry on 30th May 1968.<o></o>
The Award was formally accepted by Queen Elizabeth in 13th June 1968.<o></o>
<o></o>
Prime Minister John Gorton made the formal presentation<o></o>
of this American Citation to the Battalion<o></o>
at Lavarack Barracks, Townsville on 18th August 1968.<o></o>
On the 31st of March 2010,<o></o>
D Company of the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment<o></o>
were belatedly awarded the Australian version of<o></o>
"Unit Citation for Gallantry" (UCG)<o></o>
honouring their extraordinary deeds at Long Tan.<o></o>
<o></o>
The Government however refused to approve travel payment<o></o>
for the surviving Unit Members or their families,<o></o>
including the families of deceased Unit Members,<o></o>
in order that they be present at the<o></o>
UCG Presentation Ceremony<o></o>
presided over by the Governor General of Australia.<o></o>
<o></o>
In February 2011 the same Government of Australia<o></o>
footed the Funeral Bill to bury the illegal boat people,<o></o>
who tragically perished on Christmas Island.<o></o>
This included flying surviving family illegals and survivors<o></o>
to and from Sydney and Christmas Island,<o></o>
accommodating them, etc etc,<o></o>
plus a coach sightseeing tour of Sydney thrown in.<o></o>
<o></o>
The Canberra Polit Bureaux has waited 45 years<o></o>
to publicly acknowledge the bravery and sacrifice<o></o>
of these Sons of Australia<o></o>
and then immediately crap on their memory<o></o>
by wetting themselves<o></o>
to appease the feelings of boat illegals<o></o>
forcing their entry into our country.<o></o>
<o></o>
Now we witness, what can only be described as,<o></o>
attempted political face saving,<o></o>
by this same Government,<o></o>
sponsoring a TV Documentary,<o></o>
to celebrate our Armed Forces accomplishments<o></o>
at Kapyong, Korea in 1951.<o></o>
<o></o>
This will see our Prime Minister and the entire Priministeral Entourage<o></o>
fly in a RAAF plane to Korea to mark this 60th Anniversary.<o></o>
<o></o>
What Bloody Hypocrisy!!!<o></o>
<o></o>
What a Blatant Affront to the feelings<o></o>
of our Nation's serving Armed Forces,<o></o>
Past and Present.<o></o>
<o></o>
Shame,Shame,Shame,<o></o>
You Political Parasites.<o></o>
<o></o>
You do not deserve to represent our country. <o></o>
></o>Political Bastardry! <o
></o><o
></o><o
></o>On the 18th of August 1966 at Long Tan, Vietnam,<o
></o>D Company of the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment,<o
></o>mainly made up of Australian National Servicemen<o
></o>and at that time located to support the American Army,<o
></o>fought a battle against the Viet Cong.<o
></o>In this action D Company lost 18 men killed and 24 injured.<o
></o>The Viet Cong dead numbered in excess of 245.<o
></o>The Australian lines were never crossed.<o
></o>The Viet Cong withdrew.<o
></o><o
></o>American President Johnson and US Army Staff recognised the achievement<o
></o>by awarding the Unit Citation of Gallantry on 30th May 1968.<o
></o>The Award was formally accepted by Queen Elizabeth in 13th June 1968.<o
></o><o
></o>Prime Minister John Gorton made the formal presentation<o
></o>of this American Citation to the Battalion<o
></o>at Lavarack Barracks, Townsville on 18th August 1968.<o
></o>On the 31st of March 2010,<o
></o>D Company of the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment<o
></o>were belatedly awarded the Australian version of<o
></o>"Unit Citation for Gallantry" (UCG)<o
></o>honouring their extraordinary deeds at Long Tan.<o
></o><o
></o>The Government however refused to approve travel payment<o
></o>for the surviving Unit Members or their families,<o
></o>including the families of deceased Unit Members,<o
></o>in order that they be present at the<o
></o>UCG Presentation Ceremony<o
></o>presided over by the Governor General of Australia.<o
></o><o
></o>In February 2011 the same Government of Australia<o
></o>footed the Funeral Bill to bury the illegal boat people,<o
></o>who tragically perished on Christmas Island.<o
></o>This included flying surviving family illegals and survivors<o
></o>to and from Sydney and Christmas Island,<o
></o>accommodating them, etc etc,<o
></o>plus a coach sightseeing tour of Sydney thrown in.<o
></o><o
></o>The Canberra Polit Bureaux has waited 45 years<o
></o>to publicly acknowledge the bravery and sacrifice<o
></o>of these Sons of Australia<o
></o>and then immediately crap on their memory<o
></o>by wetting themselves<o
></o>to appease the feelings of boat illegals<o
></o>forcing their entry into our country.<o
></o><o
></o>Now we witness, what can only be described as,<o
></o>attempted political face saving,<o
></o>by this same Government,<o
></o>sponsoring a TV Documentary,<o
></o>to celebrate our Armed Forces accomplishments<o
></o>at Kapyong, Korea in 1951.<o
></o><o
></o>This will see our Prime Minister and the entire Priministeral Entourage<o
></o>fly in a RAAF plane to Korea to mark this 60th Anniversary.<o
></o><o
></o>What Bloody Hypocrisy!!!<o
></o><o
></o>What a Blatant Affront to the feelings<o
></o>of our Nation's serving Armed Forces,<o
></o>Past and Present.<o
></o><o
></o>Shame,Shame,Shame,<o
></o>You Political Parasites.<o
></o><o
></o>You do not deserve to represent our country. <o
></o>
Charlie Farley
Supporter
Thats disgusting.
Pete, after my Father left the RAF in 1947, he trained as a Structural Engineer and served with the Ministry of Defence, including working for the Americans on the design of the underground Holy Loch nuclear submarine pens.
We were then posted to Germany. Whilst heading a drawing office team, he had working under him, an ex SS Officer, who happened to have a metal plate in his head. He was captured by the Russians and imprisoned and not released until 1955/6. During conversations, he told how he had fought at Monte Cassino in Italy during 1944, his unit was attached to a German parachute battalion, but thats a different story.
My Father asked him about that battle and he said it was truly ferocious.
When my Father asked were the Russians the best fighters he came across, his answer rocked my Father.
" No , it was those damn Australians, they do not understand when they are beaten ! "
Pete, after my Father left the RAF in 1947, he trained as a Structural Engineer and served with the Ministry of Defence, including working for the Americans on the design of the underground Holy Loch nuclear submarine pens.
We were then posted to Germany. Whilst heading a drawing office team, he had working under him, an ex SS Officer, who happened to have a metal plate in his head. He was captured by the Russians and imprisoned and not released until 1955/6. During conversations, he told how he had fought at Monte Cassino in Italy during 1944, his unit was attached to a German parachute battalion, but thats a different story.
My Father asked him about that battle and he said it was truly ferocious.
When my Father asked were the Russians the best fighters he came across, his answer rocked my Father.
" No , it was those damn Australians, they do not understand when they are beaten ! "
David Morton
Lifetime Supporter
Captain Lisa Jade Head died in a UK hospital after being injured in Afghanistan
The second female British soldier killed in Afghanistan has been named as Captain Lisa Jade Head.
Capt Head, of 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment, the Royal Logistic Corps, had disabled one home-made bomb when another exploded in an alleyway in Nahr-e-Saraj, Helmand Province on Monday.
The 29-year-old, from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, was flown home and treated at hospital in Birmingham where she died on Tuesday, the Ministry of Defence said.
In June 2008 Sarah Bryant became the first female British soldier killed in Afghanistan.
The 26-year-old, a member of the Intelligence Corps, died along with three SAS men in a roadside bomb attack in Lashkar Gah.
Capt Head's family has issued a statement saying: "We wish to say that we are extremely proud of Lisa. Lisa always said that she had the best job in the world and she loved every second of it.
"Lisa had two families - us and the Army. Lisa had a fantastic life and lived it to the full. No-one was more loved."
The officer had only deployed to the Afghan badlands on March 27.
She had cleared one improvised explosive device (IED) in the alleyway used by nationals and troops alike when the second bomb she was defusing detonated.
Lieutenant Colonel Adam McRae, the regiment's Commanding Officer, said: "Captain Lisa Head will be remembered by the officers and soldiers of the regiment as a passionate, robust and forthright individual who enjoyed life to the full - be it at work, on the sporting field or at the bar."
The people in the EOD regiments are currently pulling six month tours in the area. It has been accepted by the MOD that this is too long and many suffer from heavy fatigue. Given the job that they do, this is hardly surprising.
The reason for this: Not enough trained engineers because of cuts.....
:thumbsdown::thumbsdown::thumbsdown:
The reason for this: Not enough trained engineers because of cuts.....
:thumbsdown::thumbsdown::thumbsdown:
David Morton
Lifetime Supporter
Graham - absolutely spot on - but the unerlying reason for this young lady's death
is a war we should not have got emroiled in. In the end it may involve a lot more collateral deaths than at present but lets get on with it and then get out.
is a war we should not have got emroiled in. In the end it may involve a lot more collateral deaths than at present but lets get on with it and then get out.
David Morton
Lifetime Supporter
364 and 2416 total.
DOES THAT RING A BELL ? It certainly does at the funerals. Does it make your heart really heavy this Easter? It does here ....
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DOES THAT RING A BELL ? It certainly does at the funerals. Does it make your heart really heavy this Easter? It does here ....
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David Morton
Lifetime Supporter
The last veteran.....
Claude Choules, the last surviving combat veteran of the First World War has died in a nursing home in Perth, Western Australia, aged 110.
World War One Navy Veteran Mr Claude Choules Photo: BARCROFT
By Bonnie Malkin in Sydney 3:31AM BST 05 May 2011
Mr Choules, was born in Wyre Piddle, Worcestershire in 1901. During a 41-year career in the Royal Navy that spanned both wars, he served on HMS Revenge, witnessing the surrender of the German Imperial Navy in 1918 and the scuttling of the fleet in Scapa Flow.
He was seconded to the Australian navy in 1926 and remained in the force for 30 years before retiring.
Mr Choules died in his sleep early on Thursday morning, just weeks after his 110th birthday.
His daughter, Daphne Edinger, 84, said her father would be remembered, above all, as a man who loved the sea.
"He was known for his love of rope work and working with little boats, he built little boats and he used to sing sea shanties.
Claude Choules, the last surviving combat veteran of the First World War has died in a nursing home in Perth, Western Australia, aged 110.
By Bonnie Malkin in Sydney 3:31AM BST 05 May 2011
Mr Choules, was born in Wyre Piddle, Worcestershire in 1901. During a 41-year career in the Royal Navy that spanned both wars, he served on HMS Revenge, witnessing the surrender of the German Imperial Navy in 1918 and the scuttling of the fleet in Scapa Flow.
He was seconded to the Australian navy in 1926 and remained in the force for 30 years before retiring.
Mr Choules died in his sleep early on Thursday morning, just weeks after his 110th birthday.
His daughter, Daphne Edinger, 84, said her father would be remembered, above all, as a man who loved the sea.
"He was known for his love of rope work and working with little boats, he built little boats and he used to sing sea shanties.
Pete McCluskey.
Lifetime Supporter
Rest in peace.
Pete McCluskey.
Lifetime Supporter
Speaking of powerful writing I have just finished reading a very powerful piece
of writing by Colonel Richard Kemp and Chris Hughes. A synopsis is here.
Soldiers – Attack State Red.
of writing by Colonel Richard Kemp and Chris Hughes. A synopsis is here.
Soldiers – Attack State Red.
Ian Anderson
Lifetime Supporter
Very emotional programme on BBC last night - currently on Iplayer
BBC iPlayer - Wootton Bassett: The Town That Remembers
Each and every one is a needless waste of a life and extreme grief for the families
I hope the politicians watched this and hung their heads in shame!
Ian
BBC iPlayer - Wootton Bassett: The Town That Remembers
Each and every one is a needless waste of a life and extreme grief for the families
I hope the politicians watched this and hung their heads in shame!
Ian
David Morton
Lifetime Supporter
Indeed a very emotional program. Although we have been to Royal Wootton Basset, my wife could not watch it. I did but it got to me.
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