Neil M

50something, husband, father of 3, keen sportsman, cycle commuter, ex-rugby player.

[Neil M @squigglehead72]

@flightradar24 UKP155 🤭

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@itv7

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@bushontheradio Coffin dodgem

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@OC #atworktimewaster The Lion Kings of Leon

Romancing The Rolling Stones

Top Gun: The Mavericks

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@TFTimeMachine 😂

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@profanityswan you up to your old tricks again?

[Matt Cartoons @MattCartoonist]

'Don't watch this. The ghost of Princess Diana came to me and said it was a load of rubbish'

My latest cartoon for tomorrow's @Telegraph

Buy a print of my cartoons at https://t.co/ILFJjPmckx

Original artwork from https://t.co/bVPAkgE34y

[ASA SCOTLAND CHARITY 🇬🇧 @AncreSommeScot]

The United Kingdom Cenotaph should be respected and protected at all times. #Cenotaph #respect #sacred
RT if you agree.

[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.

[Paddy Power @paddypower]

After a bad night in Cyprus, it's all falling apart for Rangers. Yet again.

And the fans are taking it... badly.

Oh yes, it's a #Gers Fan Denial special...

[Neil M @squigglehead72]

@PureGym Great, thanks for letting me know

[Neil M @squigglehead72]

@PureGym Hi my son has just joined but wants to get a keyfob to access the gym but the link to your shop does not work - either a 404 error (if logged in) or it just takes you to the membership page without being logged in. Any help appreciated with a working link. Thanks, Neil

[DestinationMK🎈 @DestinationMK]

🏎🏁 COMPETITION 🏁🏎
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[Paddy Power @paddypower]

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[TVP Milton Keynes @tvp_mk]

Have you seen Dylan Lewis⁉️

We want to speak to him in connection with an attempted murder that happened in Hodge Lea Lane on 4 January.

Do not approach him but call 999 if you see him.

Call 101 / report information online

Ref: 43230005378.

Info - https://t.co/qr32NNKBdL

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