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Armed forces thank a town for caring



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Published Date: 13 October 2008
By Aleisha Scott
MEMBERS of the armed forces yesterday paraded through a small town to thank residents for honouring dead British service personnel.
Since April 2007, Wootton Bassett locals have lined the streets more than 100 times as funeral corteges drive through the town, near RAF Lyneham.

The base is where the bodies of servicemen and women are repatriated after deaths in Afghanistan or Iraq.

Thanking Wootton Bassett for its show of respect, the head of the British Army, Sir Richard Dannatt, said in a letter: "In many respects, it is the things that cost nothing that are the ones that are the most important – a friendly greeting in the street, a prayer in church. But the gestures shown by the people of Wootton Bassett surpass these at every level."



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  • Last Updated: 12 October 2008 9:28 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: British armed forces
 
1

SouthernSkye,

13/10/2008 07:06:30
Well done Wootten Bassett.
2

Kate,

Zurich 13/10/2008 08:09:23
I watched some of this on television and found it incredibly moving. This is a small town, which has nothing to do with the dead service men and women, no known relations there, but they have shown such compassion, dignity and respect, it is humbling to the rest of us, or at least it should be...

As Sky wrote, well done Wootton Bassett
3

Joanna,

Cambs, England 13/10/2008 11:55:35
Yes, very well done to the people of Wootton Bassett. It is a remarkable thing that they have done. The dead that they have demonstrated such respect and compassion for are not from their town and they did not know them but are from other places all over the UK. In light of this their tribute to them seems all the more poignant and meaningful.

It is stories like this that help one to remember that there are still good people out there.
4

Joe Macdelta.,

13/10/2008 13:46:19
#1,#2,3# I am in total agreement, well done to Wooton Basset, a very warm show of respect, you are a wonderful example for us all.

 

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