Richard Parker

QVC Guest presenter, shoe expert..for Skechers. Husband, Dad, Watford Fan and Tog

[Richard Parker @qvcukrp]

@gerardeulofeu one of the greatest moments ever! Hope you are doing well Gerard

[John Nichol ✈ @JohnNicholRAF]

It's Christmas pressie RT competition time:
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& do support your local friendly high street @bookshop_org_UK for your gifts.
Many already have signed copies for sale, in store & online:
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[Richard Parker @qvcukrp]

@CenterParcsUK Woburn 😀

[Richard Parker @qvcukrp]

@StevenCorfield_ Well done Steven!

[Richard Parker @qvcukrp]

More funding needed to complete this project.Full scale Lancaster bomber to be erected in Lincolnshire - an amazing tribute to those who were lost & served across the country and a fitting location given its importance to aviation still to this day

https://t.co/jBLbX5Nz2X

[Richard Parker @qvcukrp]

We will remember them!

[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.

[Richard Parker @qvcukrp]

@KarenPierceUK @pilotperty @UKdefUS @UK_DA_USA @DefenceHQ Congrats Martin!

[Richard Parker @qvcukrp]

@PatrickHHoy @British_Airways Enjoy Patrick …hope you are keeping well

[Richard Parker @qvcukrp]

@SPtheMason @RichMaddisonRAF Any service should not be thought of as failure. You have given a lot of time and commitment to our country and that is appreciated. It may not have got you to where you wanted to be but I for one are grateful for your service. Thank U @RichMaddisonRAF Please look after yourself!

[Harry Kane @HKane]

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[Richard Parker @qvcukrp]

@jackiekabler @bowelcanceruk Amazing work Jackie!!

[Richard Parker @qvcukrp]

@JPProFootball Congrats Jordan - good luck with the new season

[Richard Parker @qvcukrp]

@JohnNicholRAF @Ralph_Retriever Great collections. Always been a fan following Tornado Down. Great to seen the new books being added.

[John Nichol ✈ @JohnNicholRAF]

#FathersDay MEGA RT comp.
RT for chance to win all FOUR Sunday Times bestsellers (modelled by @Ralph_Retriever) signed AND dedicated to your beloved father!
Or just buy him EJECT! EJECT! for a mere tenner 🤣:
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[Richard Parker @qvcukrp]

@JPProFootball Great stuff

[Richard Parker @qvcukrp]

@UKdefUS @pilotperty @RAFAssociation @RoyalAirForce Congratulations what a ride.

[Richard Parker @qvcukrp]

@UKdefUS @RoyalAirForce @RAFAssociation @pilotperty Best of luck guys....thats some distance!

[John Nichol ✈ @JohnNicholRAF]

RT competition.
It's EJECT! EJECT! publication day!
RT for chance to win a signed copy AND a signed poster.
What's not to love?
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[Richard Parker @qvcukrp]

Love this

[The Crown Chronicles @crownchronicles]

👑 Prince Louis - need we say more?

#Coronation

[The Crown Chronicles @crownchronicles]

👑 Prince Louis - need we say more?

#Coronation