It was Gp Cpt John โPaddyโ Hemingwayโs 104th Birthday on Monday 17th July. โPaddyโ is the last known surviving member of #TheFew
Hereโs a picture taken of โPaddyโ today, Friday 21st July 2023, at his retirement home in Dublin & think he approves of his monument. What a smile! ๐
21st July, 2007
Lance Corporal Timothy Flowers, aged 25 from the Waterside area of Londonderry, and The Corps of Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers, died as a result of a mortar attack on the Basra Palace Base, Iraq
Lest we Forget this brave young man who gave his all ๐ฌ๐ง
22nd July, 2009
Guardsman Christopher King, aged 20, born in Birkenhead, lived in West Buckland, Devon, and of 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, was killed by an IED blast whilst on operations in Nad e-Ali, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
Lest we Forget this brave young man๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ฌ๐ง
22nd July, 2008
Corporal Jason Barnes, aged 25 from Exeter, of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, was killed by an IED blast near Kajaki, Helmand Province, after returning from a mission to successfully evacuate a wounded comrade
Lest we Forget this brave hero๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ฌ๐ง
19th July, 2004
Flight Lieutenant Kristian Gover, aged 30 from 33 Squadron RAF, who was based at RAF Benson, Oxfordshire, was killed when the RAF Puma helicopter he was aboard, crashed at Basra International Airport, Iraq
Lest we Forget this brave man who gave his all ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ฌ๐ง
Fireman Jeff Clark rescued a pregnant dog from a house fire in Charlotte, North Carolina. A newspaper photographer noticed the dog in the distance looking at the fireman. He watched as the dog walked towards the fireman and wondered what was she was going to do.
As he raised his camera, the dog, a red Doberman named Cinnamon, came up to the tired fireman who had saved her life (and her unborn babies) and kissed him just as the photographer took this incredible image.
20th July, 2009
Captain Daniel Shepherd GM, aged 28 from Lincoln, of 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment, The Royal Logistic Corps, was killed in an explosion in Nad e-Ali, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
Lest we Forget this brave man who had saved many lives previously๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ฌ๐ง
19th July, 2007
These 3 Senior Aircraftmen were killed when their base in Iraq came under rocket attack
SAC Matthew Caulwell, 22 from Birmingham
SAC Christopher Dunsmore, 29 from Leicester
SAC Peter McFerran, 24 from Connah's Quay
Lest we Forget these 3 brave men ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ฌ๐ง
19th July, 2009
Corporal Joseph Etchells, aged 22 from Mossley, and of 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, was killed by an explosion whilst on foot patrol near Sangin, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
Lest we Forget this brave young man who gave his all ๐น๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ฌ๐ง
18th July, 2003
20 years ago today, Captain James Linton, aged 43 from Warminster, and of 40 Field Regiment, The Royal Artillery, sadly collapsed and died after a training run at a British base in Az Zubayr, Iraq
Lest we Forget this brave man who gave his all ๐ฌ๐ง
18th July, 2011
Corporal Mark Anthony Palin, aged 32 from Plymouth, and of 1st Battalion The Rifles, was killed by an IED blast, whilst guiding a patrol in Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
Lest we Forget this brave man who gave his all to protect others๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ฌ๐ง