InstantForum.NET v4.1.4Battlefields Forumhttp://battlefields.leger.co.uk/forum/community@leger.co.ukWed, 07 Jan 2009 12:00:57 GMT20http://battlefields.leger.co.uk/forum/Topic640-39-1.aspxDeepest sympathies Pegasus. We do indeed owe the men and women that served a great collective national and also a personal debt.</P><P>One tends to forget the growing scarcity of the WWII veterans, because there are still a handful of the Great War veterans around.Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:56:57 GMTharmathttp://battlefields.leger.co.uk/forum/Topic640-39-1.aspxVery sad indeed.</P><P>The husband of the woman who helped deliver my wife when she was born was a Normandy veteran who was an active member of Croydon area groups and was to be seen every November selling poppies in the Whitgift Centre. Sadly he passed away last year.</P><P>Forever in our memories, forever in your debt.Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:37:02 GMTSon of a Mickhttp://battlefields.leger.co.uk/forum/Topic640-39-1.aspxIt is with sad regret that my friend Percy Redfern "Legion D'Honour" has passed away.</P><P>Percy was the President of the Stockport and District Normandy Veterans Association. to which I have been a "Friend" member for the last eight years.</P><P>I have been informed that the branch will be disbanding this June 6th.</P><P>After having a great comradeship with these veterans, it saddens me to see the end of another era.</P><P>God Bless the last of the Veterans to which we all owe a debt of gratitude.</P><P>Thanks Boys.Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:45:57 GMTPegasus