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We Demand A Main Road Public Parade For Our Fallen Soldiers!

We Demand A Main Road Public Parade For Our Fallen Soldiers!

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Started by Anonymous 15 years, 1 month ago
We Demand A Main Road Public Parade! We Will Not Let Our Fallen Soldiers to be Driven Down Side Streets to Avoid the Public! The British Patriots Society have set up a petition to vent our disgust at the treatment of our fallen soldiers by the Government. We have already organised an anti-EU & anti-foreign aid march & demo in London on the 20th Aug where we will be handing a petition in to Downing Street regarding the EU & foreign aid. At the same time we will be handing in the Petition against the disgraceful decision for our fallen soldiers being driven down side streets to avoid the public. Please sign & share, thank-you.
This is a disgraceful way to treat those who have given their lives in the interest of our country! We Demand That They Receive The Same Respect As They Did At Wootton Basset! The message this action sends to the families of the fallen is disgraceful.

The bodies of soldiers killed in Afghanistan will no longer be honoured with a public parade but will be driven through back streets to avoid upset, it has emerged.For several years, the flag-draped coffins of fallen servicemen and women have been met by large crowds who line the streets to pay their respects as they return to British soil.But repatriation flights are to be diverted and will no longer be flown back to RAF Lyneham and through the small Wiltshire town of Royal Wootton Bassett, where they were saluted come rain or shine.Instead, they will arrive back to RAF Brize Norton, where they will be driven through the back gate and then down side roads, neatly avoiding the nearby town of Carterton, as they make their way to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.  Wootton Bassett was the first town in more than 100 years to be granted the “Royal” title in recognition of its parades for fallen soldiers.

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Reached 2,500 supporters

June 30, 2011

Reached 1,000 supporters

June 28, 2011

June 27, 2011

The government thought they could hide our fallen heroes in back streets without anyone noticing. The momentum we have built proves they were dead wrong and we are done letting them insult our soldiers.

Reached 100 supporters

June 26, 2011

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Mark Parker
15 years ago Featured

Keep them in the public eye. People want to pay respects it is the least we can do.

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Linda Grant
15 years ago Featured

SHAMEFUL. They deserve the best send off, not to be treated like some kind of secret. Disgusting.

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Susan Davis
15 years ago Featured

My heart breaks for these families. Let the public show their love and respect for our heroes! Stop hiding them away.

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Brian Stokes
15 years ago Featured

Total disrespect to the fallen. Should be a national day of honor every time they come home.

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Gary Ellis
15 years ago Featured

Absolute disgrace. Those men gave everything for this country and deserve a proper procession down the main road. Shame on whoever decided this.

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Dave Sharpe
15 years ago Featured

Bring back the wootton bassett respect. They died for us we can at least show our faces to say thank you.

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