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Christmas Message from our President We had an excellent and well attended Service and Reunion dinner in Chichester in which we commemorated the end of World War II. In May the Association launched an appeal to refurbish the Memorial at…
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Cenotaph Remembrance Service Sunday 8th November 2015 A grey and windy morning greeted my family and I as we headed for the train into London. We met up with the thousands of veterans, families of veterans, and supporting charity organisations…
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Field of Remembrance, Westminster Abbey Thursday 5th November 2015 The area around Westminster Abbey was, as ever, brim-full and buzzing with veterans of all ages – in many different dress uniforms and from conflicts all over the world, together with…
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Meeting the ‘D Day Dodgers’   Memories of the D Day Dodgers recorded on 3rd May 2014 at the Annual Reunion by Dr Christopher Hutchison   Click on this link to watch the video memories of the men who were…
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Annual Service at Italy Star Association’s National Memorial, Westgate Gardens, Canterbury, Kent Friday 10th July 2015   Over sixty of us gathered on a beautiful sunny day – 72 years on from the commencement of the Italian campaign.  We met…
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RAF & Allied Air Forces Monument Service Committee Allied Forces Day – Saturday 27th June 2015   The first event on the City of Plymouth’s programme for Allied Forces Day was a service of commemoration and thanksgiving, held on The…
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Italy Star Association 1943-1945 – Annual Reunion, 15th – 18th May 2015 Report by Mary Tidy, National Chairman Time passes by so fast – it really doesn’t seem like a full year since we all last met at South Downs…
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With three remembrance events to attend over the space of four days, I packed my bags and headed for London travelling by train. I was able to stay for the duration with Maureen (despite her being surrounded with packing boxes…
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