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Alan Derbyshire
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Vic,

Thanks for your comments, much appreciated.

I have mentioned on the WFR site about e-mailing Tony Blair and local MP’s etc. Not certain how much response it gained though.

I e-mailed Tony Blair, no reply. Perhaps he never even set eyes on it? I reckon their thinking is that if they ignore us we will go away! Big mistake!!

I believe one of the problem with getting people to support petitions etc is that the are of the opinion that they will have no effect, and perhaps they might have a point, but I cannot just sit and do nothing. At least we can say that we tried!

We have at present about 2000 signatures and have received nothing but support from the general public. My local Royal British Legion was a very productive recruiting venue.

Would welcome support from anyone who feels they would like to help.

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20/06/2005 23:20:40

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Haven’t all previous Lab Gov. cut down on the Armed Forces.
By getting rid of the famous REGIMENTS it paves the way to getting rid of all our Armed Forces leaving this Country Defenceless.
We will then have to9 rely on the EU defence force. This paveing the way to a U.S.E.
Napolean couldn’t do it Hitl*r couldn’t do it but mr blair can.

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20/06/2005 23:46:00

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Yogi you will be interested to know that included in the latest mergers is the idea that D&Ds will becomeThe First Battalion The Light Infantry wearing a green beret but retaining your own cap badge the latter not having been decided yet.What gives these beaurocrats the right to wipe out hundreds of years of regimental history.What happens to the colours a regiment can only have one set D&Ds loyal to theirs and L.I. loyal to theirs Bliddy civvies

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21/06/2005 00:23:28

Alan Derbyshire
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The latest saga in this whole unhappy episode is that the RGBW and D&D’s are now to be given an "interim" title. This title is to be used until they officially join the LI. They are to be known respectively as:-

RGBW LI and D&D LI

This information is contained in a letter written by General Jackson and can be seen on the Glosters (RGBW) Asociation website.

One would expect once they are merged they will lose these titles and adopt the title of LI.

To quote a phrase from Laurel and Hardy : -
Another fine mess they have got us into!

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21/06/2005 08:43:23

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Kevin,
Sorry, forgot to mention cap badges.

When I queried this I was informed the retention of Regimental Cap Badges was not an option.

I think you will find that the badge the RGBW is to retain is the famous BACK BADGE of the Glosters. I believe that following a campaign by their Association backed by supporters of the RGBW (Glosters) they have may have managed to retain this badge.

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