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03 Nov 12
21:04
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went to edinburgh today to see my son return home with his battalion 3 rifles ,after a 7 month tour of afghanistan,his second tour.The battalion was also granted the freedom of edinburgh,thus becomlng the first english regiment to bestow this honour,i am 1 mighty relieved and proud dad just a note heartfelt sympathies to the family of lt andrew chesterman who sadly did not return
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Great stuff mate, so pleased he returned home safely...was it the regiment on telly that recruits mainly from the north of England?
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Good man. Excellent stuff. I can only guess how emotional it must have been.
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yes thats the 1 topshot,as for the lad who didnt come home his dad and sisters were present,i couldnt wish that emotion to anyone
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It must be tough for you to show your true emotions at a time when another family is in turmoil
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As an aside I was in the royal Marines and was honoured to be part of the first non Scottish regiment to do the Edinburgh castle guard
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its heartbreaking, topshot we are all happy that our sons returned safe,yet inside my heart weeps for his family.he must have been a top lad only young and already an officer.
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Good man PDC and I'm sure the award was richly-deserved.
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I would of thought after two tours the regiment won't have to return back there?
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Nice One !!!!
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true topshot i think thats them finished over there now, my hopes are that everyone else out there return safely,i know what their failys are going through believe me.
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familys
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crikey i havent even hit the booze yet and im missing 4
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I can't 5 star this post but it deserves it.
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another 1
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I was lucky when I joined up, the world seemed a much safer place than it is now, so I really admire our young men (and girls) who join up knowing they are almost certainly going to war
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nice point topshot, lets not forget the lasses too,quite a few there today who had been over afghan
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I joined up to see the world....and ended up going to Wales and bleeding Scotland
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nice 1 pdc
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lol topshot,sounds like me i work for a company that works in somereal exotic places and i got lumbered in BRADFORD
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Bloody hell mate...Scotland is well exotic compared to Bradford
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tell me about it ,this weekend has fell unbelievable,we are from sheffield and i start a new job on monday in glenrothes so i have decided to stay up here instead of going home, rest of my clan gone back home, cant even hit the river ouse with my son tonight gutted really, but just over the moon hes home safe
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very humbling thread - full of admiration for your son, his colleagues, the deceased soldier and his family.
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PDC HeartsNo1 here,I told you your son would do you proud,delighted for you m8
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Albeit that was 3 years ago
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PDC new job in Glenrothes where you working m8 ?
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hello hearts nice to hear from you,im currently sat in a hotel in largo,starting at tullis russell on mon,i will catch up with you at some point and get you that bevvy i promised
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im glad you saw the post,now would be the best time to catch up now hes finished for good
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finished for good,is he leaving the army or are you talking about afghanistan ?
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just afghan m8 , he doesnt know what hes doing at the moment his heads a shed lol
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lol the lads done his bit imo
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hes due to come out soon hearts ,think he will miss it if he does decide thats the way to go
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tell him to stay in m8,the job situation is crap right now and hopefully it will pick up in the next 3 or 4 years.If he wants I have friends who are involved in security companys but he will be back out in Iraq/Afghanistan etc but the moneys good..........
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will do hearts
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iMO he should stay in for a couple of years and take the easy money he no doubt deserves after doing two tours, if he can hack the boredom
Not a good idea chasing the big bucks abroad, puts the families thru the same. Hell PDC. Has just been thru. |
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top post, respect to all of our brave men and women fighting for our country. Always remembered those who have so sadly lost their lives WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
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slippy saw you win at owlerton, when you were in your pomp, i think it was the partisan cup first 10 grand race ever run at sheff . you could go a bit the doctor likes this
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