Phil Lawson

Husband, a proud father, even prouder Grandpa and life-long Blackburn Rovers fan (goodness knows why!)

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@bagshaw2112 37 with a further 7 or 8 to follow in September

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@SamSzmodics #legend

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@PopmasterTM When can we see you back on tv? #can’twait

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WIN. A. BEERVENT. CALENDAR.

To be in with a chance of winning this absolute unit of an advent calendar, you just need to follow @brewdog and repost this very post. That's it.

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[Moz Perkins⚓️🇨🇶🇬🇧 Author 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @MozPerkins]

On November 7th, 1920, in strictest secrecy, four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, Arras, the Asine and the Somme.

None of the soldiers who did the digging were told why.

The bodies were taken by field ambulance to GHQ at St-Pol-Sur-Ter Noise. Once there, the bodies were draped with the union flag.

Sentries were posted and Brigadier-General Wyatt and a Colonel Gell selected one body at random. The other three were reburied.

A French Honour Guard was selected and stood by the coffin overnight of the chosen soldier overnight.

On the morning of the 8th November, a specially designed coffin made of oak from the grounds of Hampton Court arrived and the Unknown Warrior was placed inside.

On top was placed a crusaders sword and a shield on which was inscribed:

"A British Warrior who fell in the GREAT WAR 1914-1918 for King and Country".

On the 9th of November, the Unknown Warrior was taken by horse-drawn carriage through Guards of Honour and the sound of tolling bells and bugle calls to the quayside.

There, he was saluted by Marechal Foche and loaded onto HMS Vernon bound for Dover. The coffin stood on the deck covered in wreaths, surrounded by the French Honour Guard.

Upon arrival at Dover, the Unknown Warrior was met with a nineteen gun salute - something that was normally only reserved for Field Marshals.

A special train had been arranged and he was then conveyed to Victoria Station, London.

He remained there overnight, and, on the morning of the 11th of November, he was finally taken to Westminster Abbey.

The idea of the unknown warrior was thought of by a Padre called David Railton who had served on the front line during the Great War the union flag he had used as an altar cloth whilst at the front, was the one that had been draped over the coffin.

It was his intention that all of the relatives of the 517,773 combatants whose bodies had not been identified could believe that the Unknown Warrior could very well be their lost husband, father, brother or son...

THIS is the reason we wear poppies.

We do not glorify war.

We remember - with humility - the great and the ultimate sacrifices that were made, not just in this war, but in every war and conflict where our service personnel have fought - to ensure the liberty and freedoms that we now take for granted.

Every year, on the 11th of November, we remember the Unknown Warrior.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.

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I just visited @albertsschloss. This is what I thought: #feeditback https://t.co/EGlbFHi1vF

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I’m with @WhichUK. @RishiSunak it's up to you! Show passengers you're on their side and give the @UK_CAA powers to fine airlines that break the law.

If they’re never punished, they’ll never change.

#ThisWontFly

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@rodstewart #downtowntrain

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@timfarron Try living in a town that has completely lost it’s identity due to an invasion of persons of a different culture #nimbyism

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@MrSiLaw @SimonJohnFish Indeed it was #mondaynight

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@LeeAndersonMP_ @katehollern labour you should resign

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@WorldBollard So people don’t nick em 😂

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@Derekholden9 @alanshearer @perfectgift

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@MrSiLaw #betterhisfacethanthewallpaper

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@TheVirtualPubQ1 #44/50 best for sometime #keepquizzin (no g)

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#2yearsrunning

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@MrSiLaw @thedeanlife @BBCR1 There is always a #definingmoment 🤣

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Access to cash is being lost at an alarming rate and we need your help! @WhichUK are calling on the govt. to push ahead with legislation they committed to 2 years ago. Email your MP today. #Freedom2Pay https://t.co/blRqnkfZBP

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@BrewDogJames Choose B

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.@RishiSunak @hmtreasury please do more to support older people struggling with #energy bills.

Bills are rising by c.£700, but your support package is only worth around £350 #ItDoesntAddUpRishi

How will people bridge that gap