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Faramir Jones · 11-14-2016, 10:10 AM

Thanks for starting this thread, Formendacil.

Last Friday, I was thinking of two relatives who joined the UK's armed forces in WWI. Of those two, one came back; the other didn't, and is buried in West Flanders.

On the evening of the same day, I gave a talk to fellow members of a numismatic society, on the topic of 'The Victoria Cross'.

It was only some time after the society's secretary gave me 11th November as an available date for the talk, that I realised how appropriate it was.

When doing research about the Cross, I came across what was said about it by Ken McKay, whose son, Sergeant Ian McKay, in the Parachute Regiment, was given a posthumous VC on 9th November 1982 due to what he did in the recent Falklands War: 'I'm the proudest man in the world but I would rather have Ian alive'.

11-14-2016, 10:10 AM	#3
Faramir Jones Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lonely Isle Posts: 706	A talk I gave last Friday Thanks for starting this thread, Formendacil. Last Friday, I was thinking of two relatives who joined the UK's armed forces in WWI. Of those two, one came back; the other didn't, and is buried in West Flanders. On the evening of the same day, I gave a talk to fellow members of a numismatic society, on the topic of 'The Victoria Cross'. It was only some time after the society's secretary gave me 11th November as an available date for the talk, that I realised how appropriate it was. When doing research about the Cross, I came across what was said about it by Ken McKay, whose son, Sergeant Ian McKay, in the Parachute Regiment, was given a posthumous VC on 9th November 1982 due to what he did in the recent Falklands War: 'I'm the proudest man in the world but I would rather have Ian alive'.