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How about 'They Fought on The Beaches...'as the sub title?

 

'Fading Away', surely

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How about 'They Fought on The Beaches...'as the sub title?

 

'Fading Away', surely

 

I don't know why we can't have the originals back; last time they 'disappeared' Hein found them and restored them.

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Wasn't sure where to put this one in, but here seemed the most appropriate:

Jørgen Kieler, significant member of the Danish resistance movement during World War 2, has died aged 97.

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Robert Jefferies, an RAF pilot who broke the sound barrier in 1954 proving that it could be achieved in a Javelin aircraft, has died aged 93. RIP.

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One of 17 surviving members of The Guinea Pig Club, Dr. Sandy Saunders died Sunday, aged 94, from cancer.

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Chris Hoy's great uncle, Andy Coogan, who was ordered by the Japanese to dig his own grave twice during WW2 and also a handy middle distance runner, dies at 99. https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/angus-mearns/391902/amazing-man-sir-chris-hoy-pays-tribute-inspirational-uncle-andy-coogan/

 

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Coogan

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Richard Arvine Overton is in hospital with pneumonia: http://keyetv.com/news/local/oldest-living-veteran-austinite-hospitalized

 

With Nabeel Qureshi and Rayya Elias both ailing, looks like Sir Creep might be gaining hundreds of points on the Hare's Pool. I'm sure Joey Russ is praying for them all in his jammies tonight....

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38 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Richard Arvine Overton is in hospital with pneumonia: http://keyetv.com/news/local/oldest-living-veteran-austinite-hospitalized

 

With Nabeel Qureshi and Rayya Elias both ailing, looks like Sir Creep might be gaining hundreds of points on the Hare's Pool. I'm sure Joey Russ is praying for them all in his jammies tonight....

Actually I'm hoping they die right now. What I'm praying for is the rest of my team to make it to, say, October, and then they can drop like flies. :D 

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18 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Richard Arvine Overton is in hospital with pneumonia: http://keyetv.com/news/local/oldest-living-veteran-austinite-hospitalized

 

With Nabeel Qureshi and Rayya Elias both ailing, looks like Sir Creep might be gaining hundreds of points on the Hare's Pool. I'm sure Joey Russ is praying for them all in his jammies tonight....

Not to mention Paul van-Zandvliet.

 

And he has all four of them in the DDP too!

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Just now, RadGuy said:

Not to mention Paul van-Zandvliet.

 

And he has all four of them in the DDP too!

Only two of them are guaranteed obits though. I don't think Overton will get the obit, and Qureshi is certainly a risky pick. 

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Overton a shoo-in for Daily Mail imo.

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Ha ha. He even got an article last week. Mind you, I checked if a Suisala obit was made yet. So far, nothing. It'll probably stay that way as well.

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10 minutes ago, RadGuy said:

Not to mention Paul van-Zandvliet.

 

And he has all four of them in the DDP too!

On Paul van Zandvliets wifes facebook page there was a pic of them holding hands on top of a bed sheet.Looks ominous.

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Just now, Shaun of the Dead said:

On Paul van Zandvliets wifes facebook page there was a pic of them holding hands on top of a bed sheet.Looks ominous.

Reminds me of the stuff the families of Sam Simon and Joey Feek posted in the days before their death. 

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18 hours ago, RadGuy said:

Reminds me of the stuff the families of Sam Simon and Joey Feek posted in the days before their death. 

The families of Simon and Feek laid on Paul van Zandvliet's bed, held hands and took photos?

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12 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

The families of Simon and Feek laid on Paul van Zandvliet's bed, held hands and took photos?

*facepalm*

 

By the way, can there be a face palm emoticon, pretty please. 

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If there was i would put one after everyone of your "posts".

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Could have sworn the title of this thread was World war 2 veterans.

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Out of interest, death notice for William Coventry (aged 96) which reports him as the last surviving officer of SS Automedon. http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/214678/coventry

 

More on the Automedon here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Automedon

 

And a further death notice for Reginald Coaker also aged 96 which details his wartime service: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/214720/coaker

 

He has an IMDB entry: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5198058/

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