This is indeed an event to be commemorated and not a time for people to post porky remarks about the selective way in which the MoD and the FCO choose the campaigns to commemorate.
We veterans remember the dead from all sides on Remembrance Day and we always have a special place in our thoughts for those who died in the Falklands.
Just as we do those who died in Malaya/Borneo protecting the newly independent nation of Malaysia (the 40th anniversary of which we shall commemorate this August). In that context, on Remembrance Day we shall wear a medal awarded to us by the King and Government of Malaysia, the Pingat Jasa Malasyia. That's the one that you said we veterans should not wear because it compromises the Imperial Honours System.
I cannot remember any commemoration of that conflict in the Far East that lasted 18 years and ended in a victory over terror and aggression, so to be sure I don't miss anything this year, I'll wear my Pingat Jasa Malaysia in August as well.
And I shall be on parade next year to remember my friends who fought in the Falkands - and those who did not return.
Barry Fleming
Posted on 28 Apr 2006 6:42 pm
This is indeed an event to be commemorated and not a time for people to post porky remarks about the selective way in which the MoD and the FCO choose the campaigns to commemorate.
We veterans remember the dead from all sides on Remembrance Day and we always have a special place in our thoughts for those who died in the Falklands.
Just as we do those who died in Malaya/Borneo protecting the newly independent nation of Malaysia (the 40th anniversary of which we shall commemorate this August). In that context, on Remembrance Day we shall wear a medal awarded to us by the King and Government of Malaysia, the Pingat Jasa Malasyia. That's the one that you said we veterans should not wear because it compromises the Imperial Honours System.
I cannot remember any commemoration of that conflict in the Far East that lasted 18 years and ended in a victory over terror and aggression, so to be sure I don't miss anything this year, I'll wear my Pingat Jasa Malaysia in August as well.
And I shall be on parade next year to remember my friends who fought in the Falkands - and those who did not return.