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I was a serving soldier in Northern Ireland, North Africa and Italy serving in the 1st Army. This is not about my service during the war this is about soldiers and civilians who in my opinion do not get the thanks they deserve. I am not going to write about the front line soldiers who were the bravest of the brave and I would always give them pride of place.

This is about the service corps, the ground crews who looked after the aircraft, the reme who looked after tanks and any other vehicles that needed any repairs anywhere at any time. The pioneer companies who repaired roads etc and did all the rotten jobs no one else wanted to do. The cooks working in field kitchens under fire at times and still brewing up tea and hot food for the soldiers when it was needed. The field hospital staff - drs and nurses who had to work in very trying conditions and at top speed at times. There are many more who deserve a mention like the salvation army personnel who if they saw a dozen soldiers at the roadside would pull up in their little vans and dish out tea and anything else they had available. Hero's everyone of them. My own favourite was a lady whose name was Violet that I met in
Italy and she always had a cheerful word as well as tea and scones. This is so we don't forget the people who worked so hard and sometimes don't get the thanks they should.

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