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    ...unnanounced Falklands poem.




    Steve, Tony, you may remember Gus, I think he joined the Sqn just as I foolishly left.
    "We're surrounded on all sides... Good... you're obviously in the right place".

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    A very emotional verse and very appropriate

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    • #3
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      Well done That Man.

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      • #4
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        Good post,didn't know the guy mores the pity, as he was after my time !
        Bob (geordie) Watts

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        • #5
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          Not a bad effort for a shoveler.... gud stuff
          I note Jimmy O'Connell lurking in back ground outside the Cathedral
          HURRY UP AND WAIT

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            Gus Hales, Ex 9 Para Sqn RE Class of 82. He has arrived at his FRV to begin his protest and dug in. Gus is staging a Hunger Strike in protest ref PTSD, Suicide rates among veterans and also justice for Northern Ireland veterans, not prosecutions.

            The Protest is taking place outside Combat Stress, Audley Court, Newport Shropshire TF10 7BP. Please support Gus however you can and get this on every Veterans Facebook page and Groups. God bless you Gus. I just spoke to him and he's absolutely resolute. He will need resups, battery power and support. Poss live FB feeds too if anyone can assist.

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            Gus is a Veteran of the Falklands War, 1982

            DEEP IN MY MIND WHERE NOBODY GOES
            Every year on Remembrance Sunday’
            I sit in the corner of the British Legion Bar,
            Dressed in blazer, shirt, Regimental tie,
            And polished shoes, with my head held high.

            But deep in my mind, where nobody goes,
            I see a wooden cross where the wind of victory lies.
            “Three Cheers for Victory,” I hear the politician say.
            But you never asked me about my victory.
            And, if they did, I would have explained it this way:

            It isn’t your flags or emblems of war,
            Or the marching of troops past the Palace’s door.
            It isn’t Mrs Thatcher on the balcony high,
            Reaffirming her pledge to serve or die.
            But it’s the look and the pain on a teenager’s face
            As he dies for his country, in a far off place.

            It’s the guns and the shells and the Phosphorus grenades,
            And the wounded and the dead in freshly cut graves,
            Or the grieving wife or the fatherless child,
            Whose young, tender life will be forever defiled:

            Or the alcoholic soldier with a shattered mind,
            Who takes the suicide option for some peace to find.
            Well, that’s my victory but no one knows,
            For its deep in my mind where nobody goes.

            ©Copyright November 12, 2007 by Gus Hales
            "We're surrounded on all sides... Good... you're obviously in the right place".

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              Don, he was on that program Squaddies on the front line, on BBC I player. All about NI. If you haven't seen it, take a look mate it's worth a watch.
              Bob (geordie) Watts

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                Don't remember Gus, Don, but they mentioned he was also going on Hunger strike? That's a very worrying development if true, will grab some attention but rather he stopped the hunger strike nothing to gain in my view as he has already got the media attention which will make the Government squirm.

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                  Spot on Tony, why waste another life !
                  Bob (geordie) Watts

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                    Originally posted by taz View Post
                    Don't remember Gus, Don, but they mentioned he was also going on Hunger strike? That's a very worrying development if true, will grab some attention but rather he stopped the hunger strike nothing to gain in my view as he has already got the media attention which will make the Government squirm.
                    Tony, I don't think he's intending to imitate Bobby Sands, he is taking liquids, but as you say, he has achieved his publicity aim.
                    "We're surrounded on all sides... Good... you're obviously in the right place".

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                    • #11
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                      Hope they're the correct liquids,like Guinness and spirits,what with the weather getting a bit parky!

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                      • #12
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                        Gus received a letter from one of the lads (Clog) today:

                        "We're surrounded on all sides... Good... you're obviously in the right place".

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                          Berree wuz overjoyed ta see that Chrimbo stamp on iz letter Don!

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                            Kit Carson keeps us updated on Facebook

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                              Originally posted by peter dearden View Post
                              Kit Carson keeps us updated on Facebook
                              Firstly old scrote it's Karson with a K
                              Secondly it's Charlie Brown who keeps us updated on Fud**** not me...you senile old fool...

                              Love you lots and merry crimbo in case I'm not in here then....
                              HURRY UP AND WAIT

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