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BILL DAY DIED ON 28 JANUARY 2013 AGED 74 YEARS. HIS FUNERAL TOOK PLACE AT THE TEESIDE CREMATORIUM ON MONDAY 11 FEBRUARY. BILL JOINED 102 PLATOON (TRAINING) AT AIRBORNE FORCES DEPOT AT MAIDA BARRACKS ON 1st JANUARY 1957 (SAME DAY I JOINED 101 PLATOON). AFTER GAINING HIS WINGS AT RAF ABINGDON IN MARCH/APRIL 1957 HE SERVED WITH "A" COMPANY UNTIL HIS DEMOB IN DECEMBER 1959. ACCORDING TO THE ENTRY IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER HE DIED PEACEFULLY AT HOME WITH HIS WIFE BY HIS SIDE AFTER A LONG ILLNESS BORNE WITH PATIENCE & DIGINITY. BILL WAS A GOOD PARA & A VERY DECENT MAN - GREAT SENSE OF HUMOUR & ALWAYS THERE IF SOMEONE NEEDED HELP. R.I.P. BILL
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R.I.P. Bill.Comment
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R.I.P.Bill.Comment
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RIP Bill,and condolence to your family and friends.God made Para's to give Marines someone to look up to and worship.Comment
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RIP mate, God bless you !Bob (geordie) WattsComment
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R.I.P Bill.Comment
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Rest in Peace BillAd Unum Omnes
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Private what are doing here? reply: everyone has to be somewhere! (the late great Spike Milliigan)Comment
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R.I.P. BillComment
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R.I.P. BillIan Russell - Still 2 Fighting Fit DownunderComment
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RIP BillI just don't understand why they won't shut the hell up while I practice my people skills....Comment
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Rest in Eternal Peace Bill, Airborne Brother.
Gone to secure the DZ.
Thoughts and Prayers are with Family and Friends.
BillComment
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R.I.P.9 Plt C. CoyComment
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Rest In Eternal Peace Bill.Remember...that Prosperity...can only be for the free...and that freedom...is the sure possession..of those alone...who have the Courage to defend it.Comment
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Re: BILL DAY - EX - "A" COMPANY, 1st BATTALION
RIPDo not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many!
You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life."
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965)Comment
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