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jameswjacobs2@btinternet.com

jameswjacobs2@btinternet.com
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Fareham, Hants
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Service record: 1950 basic training Oswestry,Rhyl and Lincoln. Then Korean War March1951 to July 1952 with 170 Independent Mortar Battery and 120 Light Battery . Returned UK August 52. Volunteered for further service in Korea  March 53 to March 54 with 120 Light Battery,  then  posted to 26 Gurkha Brigade , Hong Kong . Next  followed service in Malaya April  to Sep 54. First at Far East Jungle Warfare School, Kota Tinggi, then  with D Coy 2nd/6th (Queen Elizabeth's Own) Gurkha Rifles as  heavy mortar support attached 1st Fiji Infantry Regiment at Batu Pahat, Johore. Returned to Hong Kong Sep54 until Aug 56 with 27 (Stranges) Light  Battery RA . Returned UK October 1956 to be placed on standby  with 3rd  Infantry Division for aborted Suez landings. Completed 7 years with 245 Armament Battery March 1957.  Member of Wessex Branch British Korean Veterans Association.

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jameswjacobs2@btinternet.com
reply jameswjacobs2@btinternet.com
03:05 PM on October 08, 2009
Further to my comment of 3 days ago, it is possible to go from one extreme to the other. I am sure nobody would wish to see our troops and veterans festooned with medals just for the sake of it. In the past few days I have seen newspaper photo's of a veteran wearing 8 medals, and a full Admiral with a great many years service wearing just 3 ribbons. The Admiral's ribbons indicate that in all his years in uniform he has seen no active service, never been near to a war zone . He was wearing just three ribbons, the KBE, MBE and the QGJM.The veteran had supplemented his one offiicial medal, a GSM 1918-1962 with 7 others bought from catalogues, all unofficial. I would like to think that if we ever achieve a NDM he would remove his bling. However, he might merely add it to his collection and wear 9 medals on parade.
jameswjacobs2@btinternet.com
reply jameswjacobs2@btinternet.com
03:53 AM on October 05, 2009
I could not agree more with pjwilson about unofficial medals. Far too much bling is in evidence these days. When will these vets realise they make themselves look more like Russian Admirals than British veterans, Bring on a NDM I say, and make bling illegal.