In memory of all the UK troops who fell defending freedom. Rest in well deserved peace, cousins.
Honors.
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Okay but this is actually hillarious. Right wing thugs fighting with the police on remembrance Sunday because the police have surrounded the cenotaph on Suella Braverman's orders because she was "concerned" about the pro Palestine march.
Fascists fighting fascists.
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The Imperial War Museum's oral history archive was sampled for a great series on BBC Radio Four in 2014, Voices of the First World War, presented by Dan Snow.
One sequence of recollections taught us that, in the early part of the war, the British military hierarchy was representative of the class divide within civilian society, not just between officers and the ranks, but just as pronounced between senior and junior officers, with rigid codes of priority and segregation even within the officers' mess.
"...At that time, our officers were practically all ex public school boys, and we had great respect for them. I think the officers regarded the men as quite a separate sort of human being really, it's obvious really, you’ve got to have that to get discipline..."
"...You've got to remember that the difference between officers and other ranks in the regular army, and in the territorials, was much greater than it is now. An officer in the regular army, to be in some regiments, had to have at least five or six hundred a year (private income); to be in the Guards he’d have to have a thousand a year at least…"
"...(The officers) were put up, they had baths, and God knows what, they had everything laid on for them. We regarded that as only natural..."
"...They were officers, you had to recognise that, but apart from that, off parade, they’d come to see if you was all right, wherever you were..."
In his narrative, Dan Snow pointed out that the most dangerous job in the army was being a junior officer. As the war progressed, class barriers began to crumble.
"…The officers didn't last very long, they seemed to come and go, we seemed to have heavier casualties amongst officers than any other…"
"…They'd got to make them up from somewhere, they’d run out of all the public schoolboys and blokes from the universities who had done a bit of OTC training, and they were coming down to the best territorial battalions…most of the (officers) by 1917 had served in the ranks…"
"...Later on, anyone who could do their twice-times table could become an officer..."
According to Imperial War Museum oral historian, Peter Hart, other ranks weren’t always comfortable with one of their own being promoted, for reasons of a little reverse snobbery, but also for more pragmatic reasons;
"...Those people, especially former NCOs, would know all the tricks of the trade, they’d been private soldiers themselves and knew when they were up to no good..."
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So.
Today is Remembrance Day in the UK.
It’s supposed to be a solemn day of remembrance.
Instead it’s become a ghastly war worshipping wankfest where far right demagogues and middle aged mediocrities glorify death and slaughter.
Sickening stuff.
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On Trans Day of Remembrance we remember those we have lost, and how much further we have to go.
The hate, discrimination and violence our trans and non-binary communities face today will never be accepted in a free North.
We will always fight for a free North where trans and nonbinary people have full rights, access to healthcare, and protection from discrimination.
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Trans Day of Remembrance vigils 2023
List may be updated so check original post every now and again.
All dates 20th November unless specified otherwise
Birmingham
Time: 5:30pm onwards
Where: Carrs Lane Church
Who: TranSanctuary Birmingham
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Bournemouth
Time: 6pm
Where: The Old Fire Station, 36 Holdenhurst Road, BH8 8AD
Who: Inclusive Church
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Brighton & Hove
Date: 19th November, 2023
Time: 11:30am-2:30pm
Where: Ledward Centre & Jubilee Square
Who: Trans Pride Brighton
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Cardiff
Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm
Where: National Museum Cardiff
Who: Not A Phase
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Durham
Time: 4:30pm
Where: Near Bill Bryson, Library Stockton Road, Durham, DH1 3LY
Who: BookWyrm
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More information about this vigil is on the post itself
London
Time: 6:30pm-8:30pm
Where: Soho Square
Who: Not A Phase
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Manchester
Time: 6:30pm-8:30pm
Where: Vimto Park
Who: Not A Phase
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Oxford
Time: Service: 5:00pm-6:00pm, Vigil: 7:00pm-8:00pm
Where: Service: New Road Baptist Church, Vigil: Radcliffe Camera Square
Who: Oxford Pride
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Reading
Please note: This event is sold out of tickets, but they said they're going to do an online event.
Date: 19th November
Time: 6:00pm
Where: Reading Biscuit Factory
Who: Reading Pride
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Please note: This Event is Not Free, it is a film viewing
Time: 6:00pm
Where: Reading Student's Union
Who: Reading Pride
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The Reading event has said they are going to do an online event, but there is not link availabel yet. Please look at the source for the Reading events for information on that.
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smth hilarious abt liz truss standing there with all the other previous PMs during the remembrance day thingy it's like when u only get invited to a party as a kid bc the whole class is invited but no one wants u there
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What does a purple poppy mean and where can I buy one for Remembrance Day?
MANY people choose to wear a poppy in November for Remembrance Day to show respect for the people who died fighting in WW1. Here is the significance behind the purple poppy.
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